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iUottwf |piea@attf Jfotwml VOL. 31. MOUNT l’MAHANT, WKHTMOHKLANI) COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1903. NO. 5. SMALLPOX BREAKS OUT AT STANDARD. Charles Cole, a Colored Coke Worker. First Victim. PROMPT ACTION IS TAKEN BUT THE DISEASE IS STILL SPREADING. Superintendent James Mack, ae Soon as Local Physicians Diasmose the Case, Establishes a Strict Quarantine and Declares War Against Tramps Who are Believed to Have Caused the Con-tagion and Who are Driven Away From the Ovens. Little Money Avail-able to Flicht the Scourge. A case of smallpox was discovered at the Standard mines of the H. C. Frick Coke Company Monday. The victim is Charles Cole, a yonng colored man. I)r. Pratt was called, but, not having ever had a caBe of the disease in his practice, he took Dr. Shelar with him to make sure as the latter had considerable ex perience with smallpox at Alice several years ago. Cole was called from the house and examined, the result being that Dr. Shelar pronounced it a well de-veloped case of the much dreaded disease. On being informed of this diagnosis, Superintendent James Mnck lost no time in doing everything in his power to con. fine the trouble to the double block in which it was discovered. Four other colored people occupy the one end with Cole, while a family of foreigners re sides in the other. Armed guards were at once put on to prevent any one from either leaving or entering the block and notice sent to the Mount Pleasant Town-ship Board of Education which has heretofore acted as the board of health in the district but now refuses to do anything. The directors took this stand upon the advice of their attorney, B. F. Scanlon, Esq., af this place, who holds that there is no law compelling them to care for cases of contagions diseases. The superintendent didn’t stop here, for, he also declared war against the tramps who had been making their headquarters in the warm idle ovens and who are believed to have brought the disease to the plant as Cole had not been away from home for months. The hose was turned into every oven and if there were occupants they speedily got out as they had all the hobo’s antipathy to water. A second case was discovered Wednes-day in the family of a Pole who lives near the house first quarantined, baton the opposite side of the street. This discovery led the energetic superintend-ent to take heroic measures again ns he secured the company's private physician from Scottdale and began vaccination by wholesale. While the school boards had incurred all necessary expense in looking after smallpox cases in townships, there is no state fund available at present to fight the disease. The State Board of Health, however, hRs asked the Legislature for an appropriation and it is likely that the much needed money will be forthcom-ing. The county poor authorities are providing medical attention and food where persons quarantined are unable to pay for necessary provisions. Dr. J. B. Wakefield, of Grapeville, has been selected by the board to look after the cases. The action of the Mount Pleasant township school directors forced Poor Director,!. G. Thompson, of this place, to take the whole responsibility. Late Wednesday evening, after additional guards had been placed on the Pole's house, be called up the board’s attorney, Mr. Allshouse, and as a result his fellow members of the board came down yes-terday morning and held a consultation with Mr. Mack in the latter’s office. It was the general opinion that in provid-ing a physician and subsistence for those quarantined the poor board had done its full duty, while it was held that the school board was compelled by law to provide the guards necessary to prevent the spread of all contagious diseases, despite Attorney Scanlon’s opinion to the contrary. THE JOURNAL has no wish to appear as an alarmist, but the situation At Standard is very grave. Dr. Sbelar fears that there is a case developing at Parfittown, the sufferer being Mrs. Scotty Mclndoe, a young woman to whom a child was born yes terday. The doctor when called there by her husband found the woman’s face and breast were covered with a rash that dearly-resembled that of smallpox, although it will not be fnlly determined until Dr. Wakefield comes down this morning and makes an official examin-ation. Mrs. Mclndoe was visited ten days ago by her uncle from West Over-ton who was then taking the disease. ERIGHTEUL DfATH That Befell Mrs. Willie Hays at Hun-ker Station Tuesday. Mrs Willis Hays, of Hunker station, on the 8onthwest branch, was instantly killed within sight of her home Tues day evening, by being struck by a south hound freight train. She had been on n shopping trip to Youngwood and Greenshurg and was returning home in time to prepare the evening meal. She bad just stepped from the !i o’clock street car and walked a short distance up to the Hunker crossing where the sad accident occurred. A heavily loaded coke train was go ing north, the noise of which, it is sup posed, prevented the unfortunate woman from hearing the approach of a south bound train. She was struck and hurled with fearful force to the side of the track, her neck was broken and she was dead when picked up by the train crew. Mrs. Hays was 45 years of age and is survived by a husband and four children. RUGN or TERROR Lawlessness Supreme at the New Town of Clariton. There is a reign of terror at the new town of Clariton, on the Monongahela river, above McKeesport. Two murders were committed there Sunday night. Antonio Stanna was stabbed by Angello Trello and died on being taken to the McKeesport hospital; while John Snr-aeka was seriously shot while helping the victim to eject the murderer who escaped. The dead body of Peter Mur-ray was found in the basement of the new Methodist Episcopal church with the sknll crushed. His rifled pockets told of murder and robbery. The town is not incorporated as yet and is without police protection. It is said that even women go armed if com pelled to be out after dark. TALENTED EADIES. LectureB in the Methodist Episcopal Church Greatly Enjoyed. The opening number in the series of educational entertainments arranged by Prof. S. Grant Miller, principal of the Mount Pleasant Public School, was held in the Methodist Episcopal church Fri - day evening last when Mrs. Mary G. Noss and Miss Anna Thomas, of Cali-fornia State Normal, spoke, the former on “Art in School and Home” and the latter on “What the Schools are Doing for the Homes.” Tbe large audience present was delighted with both these talented ladies who also gave entertain-ing talks at tbe same place the next morning. At the close of the evening entertain-ment Prof. Miller did the honors at Al-bright’s where some twenty seven of his fellow teachers was sumptuously banquetted as his guests. COKE AND COAE. Items of Interest Gathered From Both Mine and Yard. The ear shortage put the coal miners about Irwin entirely out of business the past week. The Corrigan-MeKinley coal inter ests, of Cleveland, O., have purchased 5,000 acres of coal lands near Bolivar, this county, which, it is said, they will develop as rapidly as possible with a plant of 800 coke ovens. The United Gas and Coke Company, with a large hi product coke plant at Glassport. has awarded a contract to tbe Washington Coal and Coke Com-pany for supplying its ovens with coal during the coming year and at the rate of (100 tons a day. Governor Pennypaeker on Tuesday appointed as bituminous mine inspectors James StarfTord, of Clenrfield, Thir-teenth district; F. M. Cunningham, of Uniontown, Fourteenth district, and Alexander Monteitb, of Patton, Cam bria county, Fifteenth district. S. J. Harry, of Connellsville, last week received contracts to sink two shafts for the Brier Hill Coal & Coke Company. The plant will be located about eight miles from Uniontown along the National Pike. Five hun-dred coke ovens are to be built with Pennsylvania and Lake Erie railroad connections. The 157 acres of the Sarver farm, near Larimer, have been sold and a Gruenshurg correspondent hns it that the purchaser is H. C. Frick and that he will develop the Freeport vein of coal, coking it in the old Carnegie plant nearby. Ardara should not, however, become too greatly exercised over the promised boom. The properties of the Saltsbtirg Coal Company, consisting of two mines and about l,50fl acres of coal land in West-moreland and Indiana counties, have been purchased by a syndicate consist-ing of Capt. Alfred Hicks, president of the Allegheny Iron & Steel Company, and a number of eastern capitalists. The price is said to be about $850,000. A SURPRISED HUSBAND. Fayette County Miscreants. Owners of the Rand powder works at Fairchance, Fayette county, suspicion that a determined effort is being made to wipe out their plant. Three separate explosions have recently occurred, which, it is alleged, were not acciden-tal. Tuesday morning a car of charcoal was discovered blazing right up against a car of powder loaded the day before for shipment. An engine was obtained in time to haul the burning car away and save an awful explosion. A Local Story Told for Just What it is Worth. A story is going the rounds of the First ward and is given in these columns for just whnt it is worth. It is alleged that shortly after a married man retired the other night his wife was taken sick, causing him to get up and go in haste to the drug store for medicine. After the druggist had filled the pre scription the man went down in his pants’ pocket, fumbled about for a moment and with bulging eyes drew forth a roll of the long green that sized up exactly to $700. He had on some other fellow’s trousers. Now it is said he is looking for the o. f. but whether to ; return the money or not deponeth saith not. m Shumaker Courtmartialed. | Captain J- A. Loar held summary court at Connellsville Friday evening when Private Charles Shumaker was j given a hearing on a charge of having failed to report for duty when Company I D went with the Tenth regiment to the I hard coal legions. The finding was i forwarded to Colonel Barnett who will make it public later. Farmers Oppose Senate Bill. The farmers of this county are strong-ly opposed to the Senate bill prohibiting the pumping of gas wells, evidently aimed at auxiliary concerns of the United States Steel Corporation. Sen-ator Cyrus E. Woods has taken a firm stand against the measure which is not likely to pass as the Judiciary Commit-tee has reported it negatively. At the Grand Opera House. Tomorrow evening the famous mnsi-cal comedy, “On the Suwanee River,” will be given by a big company. On Wednesday next “When the Bell Tolls,” a charming picturesque play, will be here. “The Heart of Chicago,"a sensational five-act drama, will follow Friday even-ing next, February (1. Rough on a Constable. Mrs. James Gessler, of New Kensing-ton, shot off a portion of Constable H. T. McElroy’s right ear Friday night, mistaking him for a negro robber at whom she fired through thelbcked door. The officer had gone to the woman’s relief. Storer-Striokler Wedding. Dr. Frank Storer and Miss Cora Strickler, both former residents of this place, were quietly married last even-ing at the Wilkinsbnrg home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Strickler. On behalf of their many old Mount Pleasant friends, THE JOURNAL extends best wishes. Youngwood Incorporated. Youngwood, on the Southwest road, some four miles south of Greenshurg, is the newest borough in the county. The building of the railroad yards there has in 18 months drawn a large population there, largely company efnployes. The paving of streets and laying of a sewer system have been begun. At present much interest centers in the election of the first set of borough officers, both parties having nominated full tickets. Murderous Donora Affair. While in a towering rage Tuesday night Albert Owens, of Donora, aged 30, seized an ax and struck his father-in-law, Joseph Tobin, over the head, in-flicting a fatal wound. The two men had quarreled over some family affair. Owens, who had the weapon raised a second time to strike Tobin when his wife interfered, gave himself up and is now in jail at Washington. Successful Revival Work. The revival efforts of the pastor, Rev. G. C. Wadding, at the Free Methodist church have been crowned with marked success. During the past two weeks there have been 87 conversions. The meetings will likely be closed next week. Delmont Postoffloe Robbed, Early yesterday morning burglars broke into the postoffice at Delmont and took $16 in stamps, $15 in postal funds and $10 belonging to Blose & Mellon who have charge of the office in connec-tion with their general store. There is no clue. DEMOCRATS SQUARE OLE EOR ACTION After Naming a Full Ticket for Borough Offices. IT WAS A WARM CONVENTION THEY HELD IN McELWEE’S HALL FRIDAY EVENING LAST. The Contest Centered on Buraess for Which There Were Three Candidates, Edward Keller Walking- Off With the Honor with Votes to Spare. Results of Party,s Primaries in Surrounding Townships. The local Democrats got together Fri-day evening last in McElwee’s Hall and named a full ticket for borough offices and the next day there were all sorts of rumor regarding the proceedings. One report had it that the friendsof Edward Keller, who sought the nomination for Burgess, ran in everybody they could lay their hands on, voting people from Standard, Morewood and points as far distant as Scottdale, to say nothing of nnmerous colored brethren who had strayed away from the Republican fold Such, however, was not the case ac-cording 'to reputable participants, as there were no votes cast except by qualified residents of the town. There were three colored men present, but they wanted to vote for all three can-didates and the convention did not wait for them to change their ballots. The only contest was for Burgess for which there were three nominees, Ed-ward Keller, James S. Braddock and George Sbumar. The first named can-didate won out on the first ballot with 57 votes, Mr. Braddock receiving 40 and Mr. Shumar i). Justice McWilliams had no opposition for renomination nor bad J. M. Yothers for Taxcollector. Mr. Braddock was unanimously chosen for Auditor. The representatives of the different wards then got together and named their candidates for ward offices. The full ticket is; Burgess Justice of the Pence Taxcollector . Auditor Edward Keller I. J. McWilliams J. M. Yothers Jas. 8. Braddock. FIRST WARD. Council B. F. Mochllng School Director John A. Warden Judge of Election Clark Walker Inspector John McAdams, Jr SECOND WARD. Connell J. W. Faust, Jr. Judge of Election John A. Baughman Inspector George Benford THIRD WARD. Council (3 years) ... '• (I year) School Director Judge of Election. Inspector A. W. McCreary if. E. Mellingor J. M. Albert W. II. Spence ... W. II. Randolph The Democrats of Mount Pleasant township polled a light vote at their primary Saturday. The ticket selec-ted is; Justice of the Peace—Rev. W. R. Elliott. Taxcollector—Solomon V. Crlse. Supervisors—C. L. Marks, W, A. Griffin, W. R. Myers and George N. Shaffer. Treasurer—W. R. Carpenter. School Directors—A. B. Flshell and E. J. Porch. Auditor—Reuben Freeman. Township Clerk—John H. Fry. Judges and Inspectors, Bridgeport—Selby Jones and Isaac Lohr; Hecla. It. G. Love and C. S. Andrews; Laurel Run, Lester Stairs and P. M. Shaffer; Pleasant Valley, Israel Yoth-ers and Edward Albert; Rldgevlew, C. II. Roadman and F. B. Stairs; Spring Garden, J. P. Reece and George W. Fultz; United, Ed-ward K. Seeman and Thomas II. Fisher. Registers—EllMinerd, John T. Itlley, David Shaffer, Charles Wilders. O. W. House, Andrew Sladky and Bert Stairs. East Huntingdon township Demo-crats were out in considerable force Sat-urday despite snow squalls, much inter-est having been stirred up over the tax-collectorship. The candidates were William F. Hays, J. O. Baker, the pres-ent incumbent, and Frank Leighty. The first named won out with 58 votes over Baker, Leighty being third man in the race. Following is the ticket nom-inated: Taxcollector—William F. Hays. School Dlrectors-W. D. Colborn, J. B. Still-man and Ellas Reed. Supervisors—Jacob E. Rouff and William Keller. Auditor—Sylvester Taylor. Probably Only a Joke. THE JOURNAL’S' Greenshurg corres-pondence is that Register of Wills, bet-ter known as “Comrade Sam," Steven-son intends petitioning the conrt for another lavatory in the temporary court house as Controller Brown keeps that department in almost constant use. John, so it is said, does much of his po-litical bntton-holeing there to the incon-venience of his fellow officials who have appointed Samuel a committee of one to see if Judges Doty and MConnell can help them out. COMERS AND GOERS. Paragraphs About prominent People Gathered During tbe Week. Miss Roberta Poole is visiting in Greenshurg this week. Miss Rogers, of Lntrohe, is visiting her cousin, Miss Gertrude Zundel. Mrs. Harry Giles returned yesterday from a week’s visit paid Pitfsbnrg and Parnassus friends. William Berry left on Monday for his home in Tiffin, Ohio, where he expects to spend the next month. John G. Thompson returned home Tuesday from a pleasure trip to Harris-burg and Philadelphia Orbin O’Neal is at Blackburn, a new coal town near West Newton, managing a new store W. J. Bates hns just started there. Samuel Cnmmings, with his wife and daughter. Miss Margery, ppent Sunday in Connellsville with his brother, William. State Senator Whirley, of West Vir-ginia, was here over Sunday with his brother in-law, Mr. McKee, the restan-rant man. J. M Weirner, of Lntrohe, with his daughter. Miss Goldie, was here several days the past week with his mother. Mrs Mary Weimer. Captain .T A. Loar was at Harrisburg last week in the interest of the local hospital measure and Rev. C. L Smith went down yesterday on the same bus-iness, SAD SHOOTING. A Little Son of Charles Thomas Killed In Pittsburg. Charles Thomas, the 8-year nid son of CimrleH Thomas, who formerly resided here hut who is now a yardmaster for the Pittsbnrg & Lake Erie railroad at McKees Rocks, was killed in Pittsbnrg Tuesday evening near his Prospect street home tiy a bnllet fired by George Alstadt, aged 70 years, an ex-police officer who is now in jail on a charge of murder. It seems that Alstadt, in company with a little neice, Carrie Alstadt. was passing down by the Prospect school building where yonng Thomas and sev eral other companions were snawball ing. The old man and his neice were both hit and the former fired his pistol, it is claimed, to scare the boys. The bullet struck some distance from the throwers and glanced, striking the Thomas boy’s body, cansing death soon afterwards. Charles Thomas, Sr., resided here some years ago and was employed as a fireman on the B. & O. road. He was married to Mias Elia Gailey, of this place, a foster sister of Mrs. Harry Giles, of this place, Mrs. Thomas having since died. A GOOD MOVE. Eminent Domain to be Urged for Trolley Lines. There is a move on foot at Irwin to send a committee of citizens from this part of the state to Harrisburg in the interest of eminent domain for the trol-ley companies to carry freight. It will be pointed out to the members of the Assembly that the freight con gestions has paralyzed the coal business of Western Pennsylvania, and that it is fast paralyzing other industries and bus iness in general, and there is no relief in sight. A map will be prepared showing the trolley lines that now network this part of the state, with Pittsburg as the ob-jective point. With this map will go the suggestion that if the trolley com-panies were allowed to carry freight it conld be easily moved at nignt for local points, and therefore do much to relieve the present congestion. Board of Health moves. The Mount Pleasant Board of Health held a meeting last night and notified the Polish parochial school teachers to exclude all pupils from Standard and other districts where smallpox prevails. Notices were also posted ordering all dogs from such places to be shot. Victims of the Bail. George Copenhagen, an Export bar-ber, single and aged about 35 years, was struck by a train at Pitcairn Tuesday and instantly killed. William L. Baiubridge was ground to pieces near his Larimer home yester-day by a train. He leaves a wife and femily. It is claimed by some that he was thrown in front of the cars. Serious Charges. William Hostetter, of Springfield township, Favette county, was jailed at Uniontown Wednesday on charges of deserting his wife and criminally as-saulting his 11-year-old danghter Rosa. WEST NEWTON STIRRED TO THE DEPTHS Over Proposed Repeal of Its Local Option Act. COLD WATER PEOPLE ACTIVE AND HAVE A VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN ALL PLANNED OUT. The Remonstrants, Among Whom Are Some Six Hundred of the Fair Sex, Will Swoop Down Upon Harrisburg as Soon as Our “Cappy” Morrison Gets the Bill Presented The Petitioners are Probably Sawing Wood as They are Not Saving Anything. The good people of West Newton, that town on the Yongh famed far and wide in Blackwater navigation davs as Robtstown hut now designated by tbe Pittsbnrg ‘’Gazette” as “a Yonghiogheny hamlet above McKeesport,” were rather indifferent during the fall campaign over talk of repealing their local option act, under which they have moved and had their being for the past thirty five years; but, now that the bill for that pnrpose has been handed Hon. W. F. Morrison, our “Cappy,” for presenta-tion to the Legislature, they, that is, the remonstrants, are np in arms against it. The battle lines have been defined by the advocates of temperance, and they are ready at any moment to step in and fight to the last ditch to keep their town free from the licensed bar. In theory, West Newton has been a “dry” town for the past 35 years, bnt there has always been plenty of strong drink in tbe town, ohtainaMe at speakeasies. Many years ago an attempt was made to have the prohibitory law repealed, bnt it met with such opposition that it was dropped and died out in a very short time. A few weeks ago Dr. Tucker, presi - dent of the Anti-Saloon Leagne, of Harrisburg, addressed a meeting in West Newton that packed the largest hall to the doors and an overflow meet-ing was held in another place. Dr. Tucker’s sympathies have been enlisted in the defense of the local option law, and his representatives are on the look out for the presentation of the bill at Harrisbnrg. As soon as it is introduced the fact will be announced in West Newton and a carload of substantial business and professional men of the town with some 60(J W. C. T. U. work @rs, will leave at once to lobby against the passage of the repeal. W. F. Cum-mings, a merchant, has this to say: “There is no better or busier little town in Pennsylvania than West New-ton, and we have not had a saloon for 35 years. The best people of the town don’t want any saloons and they pro-pose to fight tbe repeal of the local option law to the end. The bankers, doctore. manufacturers, lawyers, our leading merchants and many others are with us in this fight, and nothing but the manipulation of political wires will ever open the doors of this quiet town to the liquor traffic. We have speak-easies, I am sorry to say, but the saloon will not help that any. A committee of business men intend to go to Harris-burg at the proper time, and work day and night against the passage of the bill.” DEATHS 0E THE WEEK. The Grim Reaper’s Work in This Place and Viclnltv. Denver Patterson, older son of Mr. and Mrs. David Patterson, of this place, whose illness of appendicitis was noted in these columns last week, died at the Greenshurg hospital Friday last, aged 22 years. The body was brought here and buried in the cemetery Sunday af-ternoon from his late North Diamond street home. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. S. G. Yahn, of the Church of God, in which yonng Mr. Patterson was converted eight yerrs ago. Isaac Myers, the father of Mrs. H. Goldstone, of this place, died on Jan-uary 8th at his Los Angeles, California, home, aged 75 years. It is likely that Mr. Goldstone will have to go out to assist the executors in the settlement of the estate. New Ministerial Officers. At the annual meeting of the Mount Pleasant Ministerial Association, held in the First Baptist church Tuesday, the following officers were elected. Presi-dent, Rev. C. W. Haines; vice president. Rev. Lawrence Keister, D. D.; secre-tary, Rev. S. G. Yahn. It was decided to hold a men's meeting in the Grand Opera House Sabbath afternoon next at 2:30, to be conducted by Rev. J. B. Clure, of Greenshurg. •'•w THK MOUNT PIiKABANT JOURNAL, FillDAT, .TAN ITAUY HO, l»08. NARROW ESCAPE. Robert Hurst, the Southwest Railroad Agent at Young-wood, Almost Asphyx-iated by Natural Gas. HIS BROTHER RALPH'S LUCKY RETIIRH, Robert Hnret, oldest son of Mrs. Eliz-abeth Hurst, of this place, and the Southwest railroad a^ent at Young wood, came within an ace of being asphyxiated one night last week at a private house on North Maple avenue, Greensbnrg, where he and his brother, County Detective Ralph Hurst, room together. It seems that Robert had come In first and retired after shutting off the natu ral gas from the room stove. A leak in the pipe allowed the gas to escape and when Ralph went to tnrn in he found the room full of gas and his brother un-conscious, from which condition it re-quired no little effort after Ralph had thrown up the windows. Hot) was, however, able to be on duty the next day. HOME STUDY COURSE « * Self Education Through the Medium of Specially Prepared Articles by Prominent Instructors j£ri L w Through E | Woods and Pastures •t BY ABBIE SHARPE 7▼YTTYTYVYTYTTVYY¥▼▼▼fTY IV.—Tree Blossoms Through Wthe Woods. HEN Spring is here, yon know it; you feel it. The willow boughs have long been tinted with the ris-ing sap. and there arc muffled croaks In the shallow depths of the wayside pools which arc offshoots of the swamp land. Tile first of all the trees to bloom Is the red or swamp maple. In March the younger branch tips are a rich dark bllng itself about its leaves. The flow ers have six petals and three sepals, but the whole is arranged In sets of three, the three inmost petals being the smaller. The color Is pale green or yellow, becoming sometimes a dark purple. The stamens are formed Into a round head. The tree, If it were not for Its slightly branched form, might be considered a tall bush. Its fruit i ripe in August and looks like the half of a fat green banana, except that the papaw is quite round at both ends, i Carefully peeling away the thick green skin, the bright but deep yellow pulp . much softer tlmn the eatable part ol I the banana, Is disclosed. There arc fat black seeds liberally Interspersed through its meat. The sugar maple lias yellowish green flowers, appearing at the same time at tlie first tiny leaves, and they make the tree look for a few days ns though a flinty pale green veil hud been thrown I over it to hide the nakedness of its : branches while all of the trees nnQ the world arouud were awaking. The red berried elder could not long be restrained. Its leaves have been real flowers are grouped close together, seeming like the yellowish green cen-ter. Another tree which deserves a higher place In the art designs and would perhaps have It but for Its stiffness and refusal to rllng freshly to Its brandies after It Is brought from the woods Is the redbud. Its limbs, show-ing only here and there a first leaf, are a beautiful gray brown color, and close along, all over It, are sprays of flowers, hanging tills way and that, seeming like hunches of small sweet peas of a purplish pink. They are very dainty and pretty. Far out In the woods, with its de-licious fragrance, is the wild sweet crab. Reside a grove of crabs one will stand delighted at having so mnny senses gratified at once—sight, smell nnd. If we consider the soft noises of the wood, sound. The fresli green of tlie leaves Is over them, nnd mists of exquisite blossoms, nil of Hint lovely apple tree pink, breathe such sweet-ness that unconsciously one draws deep breaths while satiating the eyes. The wild cherry now hangs on its branches with long, drooping sprays of lino white flowers. The tulip tree, known also ns the whltewood nml the poplar, takes care of its leaves first. 1’eeullnrly shaped they are, blunt at tlie end, with two sharp lobes on either side nnd without a single Jagged edge anywhere. The flowers are like the gay tulips of the gardens, though rounder and of a more shallow etip shape. They are greqn, shaded toward the center to yellow and then to a vivid orange. The yel lowlsli stamen and pistils are fastened one above tlie other (Imbricated) in a green, conelike form In the center, after tlie fashion of the magnolias. There Is everywhere In May a sturdy bush Witli dark green roundish point-ed leaves. It is not very tall, nnd it bears round and uneven hut flat clus-ters of white flowers. Tills Is tlie arrowwood. It belongs to the seat-tered nnd varied family of tlie vibur-nums, of which tlit? snowball of the gardens Is a species. Now Is the day when "the voice of tlie turtle Is heard In the land and the smell of the grape is sweet." If Solo-mon had lived In a northern zone, ho would have added "the smell of the lindens Is sweet.” The American lin-den or common basswood tree grows to a fair height, though never very tall. Its wood, being white nnd firm, Is used for cabinet making. At the end of May, sheltered by Its stem growing iqion the long, protecting leaf-red, and many of the flowers are of the hurrying and struggling to break out same hue, though on some trees they an*l are half grown. The flowers can are a dull yellow with a suspicion of lonSer wnlt and bu,Bt int0 bloom that same red. They are like the elder of the midsum-mer, except that they are smaller. time of the hepntlcas, Is the spice bush, ' flower8 nre pne,j up toward a cone In pr allspice. Its canary colored flowers are clustered close to Its grayish brown barked stem, but the leaves are tao alow to keep up with the blooms nnd are yet to appear. A few days later the dark, bare branches of a small and slender tree show bunches of small, soft leaves Wild Cherry. let, is a small cluster of very small cream colored flowers. Later in the year the long leaf becomes brown and still clings to the stamen of the plus ter of fruit, tiny brown nuts, each on # a small separate stem joined to the Perhaps the next tq bloom, about the; i,nr(jjer nn(j stouter. The creamy white) common stem. The leaves In general are large, heart shaped at the bottom, pointed at the top. the edges being toothed. The staghorn sumac is plentiful nnd well known everywhere, with its fuzzy, yellow green stems and flowers massed in a thick nnd substantial dark red form at the top of the small tree. In autumn its red leaves supply the richest color In the land. Every tree blooms each year exactly ns does each flower, wishing to perpet-uate Its kind. Only those trees which have colored blooms have been herein referred to, but there are also the wil-lows. with their pussies and various arrangements; the birches, with their catkins; the oaks, the ash and others whose blooms do not obtrude and im-press themselves upon the casual ob-server. [Copyright. 1902, b<v Lewis D. Sampson.] stead of being flat, as nre those of the midsummer, and their berries, which come early, are red, never black. Near the end of April and early in May a number of conspicuously bloom lng trees adorn themselves. The land scape shows the young lambs playing on the tender green grass of the fields, but on toward the houses are masses and bouquets of pink nnd white, and on the side of the hill above the lav ender black of tree trunks and branches are seen the soft pinks and yellow greens of the young leaves in-terspersed with masses of pure white. There are the thorns, nnd a great family there is of them too. More of the members find a home in the south than in the north. At this season though, tlie white thorn, or scarlet fruited thorn, is in its glory. AH re-semble more or less tliat member of the family known ns the hawthorn, i WATED:—Money for good mortgages, their English relative, though the haw- BtJmB of *3,500, *5,000, *7,500 and thorn lias pretty pink flowers which _ y , T . , are Inclined to be double, while our on first-class business and resi American trees lean to white. dential, East End, Pittsbnrg, property. The scarlet fruited thorn will grow Careful appraisement of values, to be a tree twenty feet high, though It Promptjattention to interest when due. is more often a good deal smaller. It Money loaned for principals only, has fine, big thorns over It, particular- Thirty-two years experience in this ly upon I's trunk. There h^woe for^hlm |j,ne. guaranteed reference as to busi ness standing. Lock Box 205, Pitts bnrg, Pa. 1 30 3t Wild Sweet Crab. with a white something about them. It Is April, and there is not a tree which can yet show leaves in great numbers. Indeed, these seem as if they might be groups of leaf coverings which have stood up through the win-ter waiting to dispose of themselves to make room for the young leaves. On a nearer approach we can see that they are really elongated, drooping clusters of pure white and thin flowers. Now, over on the sunny crest of the slope a tree of the same species allures us. It Is farther out and looks like a belated Bnowdrlft against the blue sky. The tree Is very graceful nnd decorative. Later, In June or In July, all of these blooms will become delicious berries, to the delight principally of the birds unless the trees are near n human's home, for they are the service berries, perhaps as frequently called service , berries. The common papaw, or northern ba-hnuf- pna to bloom before trou-who would climb to reach fruit or flow-ers, for they nre healthy thorns several inches long. The flowers are small, something like cherry blossoms. The fruit, small, bright red and shaped like a miniature apple, Is onlr nn Inch In diameter. In September fids fruit red-dens the tree or falls thickly to the ground, for the crop never seems to fail. There Is the scarlet haw, whose fruit is much larger and much better eating. The dotted fruited haw is rarer, but is found in both north and south. Tlie cockspur thorn blooms In early June. To see a thorn Is to remember its slen-derness of branch and Its thominess, which protects it from being broken or devoured by hungry animals. The flowering dogwood opens its flowers before its leaves nre well grown. It is more familiar to mnny on account of Its decoratlveneso. Its white flowers look like four large white petals around a yellowish green center, but the same white petals are nothing but leaflets, changed from green to white, which were so eager to puBh themselves out and Imitate the petals that they thrust even the little HOARSENESS—Take Ozoline. It, cures all throat troubles. M. A. Bowman Rain anti sweat have no effect on harness treated with Eureka Har-ness Oil. It re-sists the damp, keeps the leath-er soft and pli-able. Stitches do not break, v No rough sur- \ face to chafe and cut. The harness not I only keeps looking like I new, but wears twice | as longby the i I use of Eureka Harness Oil. Sold everywhere in cans— all sizes. Made by Standard Oil \ \ \' \ ' \ ; EWEICA] \ Fixtures tor Sale. Fixtures tor Sale. All Discount Sales are Overshadowed by the Mag-nitude of our Great Closing Out Sale To Quit Business ! As we stated at the beginning of our present great sale, Ours is not a Discount Sale nor a Celebration Sale, but a Bona Fide Closing out Sale to Quit Busi-ness, from the fact that we are leaving town. Our store room is already rented and we are com-pelled to vacate on or about March 1st, and rather than move our present stock we have decided to sacrifice our en-tire stock, and the proof of it is here in black and white. The tremendous crowds we have been drawing attest to the genu-ineness of our bargains. We challenge any and all competi-tors to match our values. These prices must and will con-tinue to draw crowds: Men’s Suits, $2.25 4 50 4 25 6 75 7 50 9 50 sepals out of the way and placed them l Company as brownish spines on their tips. The* fc., $5 Suits, selling out price, $8 Suits, selling out price, $io Suits, selling out price. $15 Suits, selling out price, $18 Suits, selling out price, $20 Suits, selling out price Men’s, Boys’ and Children’s Over-coats at accordingly sacrificing prices. Young Men’s Suits. 35c Boys’ Knee Pants, IQr' selling out price Heavy Corduroy Knee Pants, Aflry selling out price $5 Suits, eo or selling out price, $8 Suits, M qn selling out price, "t UU $10 and $12 Suits, C Cfl selling out price, U UU Men’s Pants. $2.50 Men’s Worsted Pants, ffl AC selling out price, 'pi dtlJ $2.25 Corduroy Pants, selling out price, $3 Men’s Worsted Pants, selling out price, $4 Men’s Worsted Pants, selling out price, $5 and $5.50 Worsted Pants, selling out price, 75c Jean Pants, selling out price, $3 Linen Corduroy Pants, every pair guaranteed, selling out price, Men’s and Boys’ furnishings. 4-ply linen collars for men or boys, regular i5c kind, Qp selling out price Uv Rubber collars for men or boys, reg-ular 25c kind, selling out price 30c Men’s dress suspenders, selling out price 5oc Men’s dress suspenders. selling out price Fine dress half hose, 15c kind selling out price Fine dress half hose, 20c kind selling out puce Men soft or stiff bosom dress shirts, 5o and 70c kind selling out price 65c fleece lined underwear, selling out price, $1.00 wool underwear, selling out price, $1.25 wool underwear, selling out price, $1.75 men’s very fine all wool worsted underwear, selling out price, ioc red or blue Handkerchiefs selling out price, 25c heavy all wool Hose, selling out price, 50c Sweaters, selling out price, $ 1.00 all wool Sweaters, selling out price, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, $2.25 and $2.50 Sweaters at accordingly sacrificing prices. Men’s or Boys’ Shoes. Men’s Satin Calf Shoes of $1 50 dji |||? value, selling out price vl UU Men’s finest grade Calf Shoes, $2.50 | gQ and $3 kind, selling ont price men’s shoes of $3 50, $4 and $4 50 value, selling out price The above lines consisting of hand welt and hand sewed, box calf, patent leathers, vici kids or velour calf. The space being too small to enumerate all the Money- Saving Items we have for you, therefore, we invite you to call in person. A call at our store will convince you. KOBACKER’S Clothing, Gents’ Furnishing and Shoe House, Main street, - MOUNT PLEASANT, PA. Fixtures for Sale. Fixtures for , THR MOUNT PliRASANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1003. LOCAL OPTION. State Anti-Saloon League Will Work Hard to Get a Bill Through this Session of the Legislature. KILL ALSO OPPOSE ILL SUCH REPEALS, Harrisburg advices are that the State Anti Saloon League will make a strong effort at the present Legislative session in behalf of local option and to prevent the repeal of the local prohibitory priv-ileges in Armstrong, Alegheny, West-moreland, Fayette and other coun-ties. The general local option bill, which will likely be introduced this week, provides that when 40 per cent, of the voters of a city, borough or township petition the court for an election on the subject of “saloons or no saloons,” the court shall order that there be printed on the official ballot at the bottom of the lists of candidates “license to sell intox-icating liquor” followed by the words “for license" and “against license” with a square opposite either of these sen-tences for the voter to mark his convic-tion. If a majority vote against grant-ing license, then neither the court nor any other person can grant license. As Judged From the Past Week's Trade Reports WHEN CAREFULLY COMPILED FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF READ-ERS OF THE JOURNAL There are Heavy Transactions in Mer-chandise Reported, hut it is the Same old Story of the Snail-Like Movement pf Freight for Which the Railroads Have Been Roasted for Many Months Although That was About all the Qood it Did. Heavy transactions in merchandise are reported, but there is much com-plaint regarding the slow movement of freight. Notwithstanding the exten-sive increase in transportation facilities during the past year some roads have been compelled to decline consignments, and in many cases where a large num-ber of cars were desired only one was provided. Earnings thus far available for January surpass last year’s by 5 per cent. | In every section of the country, des-pite high prices, buving is liberal and ; of the better qualities of goods, while j dealings are on more of a cash basis. Although fortunate sections are receiv ing a better supply of fuel, the situation is still serious, and many pig iron fur-naces have been added to the idle list. As producers have sold their capacity for some time, there is little new busi ness and no interest on the part of sellers to secure contracts. Hence prices of pig iron are steady and new transactions light. Requirements are pressing in railway equipment, both structural and rolling stock, and it is stated that orders have been placed for as many tons of steel Finds Way to Live Long. The startling announcement of a dis-covery that will surely lengthen life is made by editor O. H. Downey, of Chu-rubusco, Ind. “I wish to state,” he writes, “that Dr. King’s New Discovery for Consumption is the most infallible remedy that I have ever known for Coughs, Colds and Grip. It’s invalua-ble to people with weak lungs. Hav ing this wonderful medicine no one need dread pnonmonia or consumption. Its relief is instant and cure certain.” H. F. Barkley guarantees every 50c and 11 bottle, and giveB trial bottles free. Stops the Whoop — Cures the Cough. Stewart’s Whooping Cough Remedy never fails to give immediate relief, M. A. Bowman. OIL d 12 tf Foil SALE:—An almost new 12 expos-ure magazine camera. Inquire at this office. 13 10 tf OZO COUGH SYRUP is good to cure coughs. Enough for any cough 25 cents. M. A. Bowman. Pure Cod Liver Oil is one of the best, if not the very best remedy, for loss of flesh ami vitality. Our Norwegian Cod rails as were produced in the full year Liver Oil at 50c per bottle is ex of 1902. i cellent. Steel for buildings, bridges and ships j For those who cannot take the finds a ready market and implement' ()jj jn its natural state we have a makers are becoming more active. New j fup line Qf Emulsions including orders for merchant steel are light, but such well known brands as old contracts are still numerous. j Scott’s, Phillips', etc. Failures for the week numbered 985, Anything one expects to find la8t| in a complete stock of Drugs and Medicines is here. M. A. BOWMAN, West Main st., Mutual ’phone 56. Mount Pleasant, Pa. 285 j in the United States, against 801 year, and 27 in Canada, compared with 28 a year ago. UllAIN. FLOOU AND FEED—WHOI.ESAI.B. Wheat., per bu J® Oats, por bu. Corn, nor bu —• Corn Meal, per bbl.. bolted a to Flour, patent, por bbl - Chopped foed(corn and oats)per ton 26 00 Bran, per ton Middlings per ton - 21 00 Mill Feed, per ton. 22 50 Hay, baled, per ton 16 00 Hay. loose, per ton . 16 Oo GROCERIES AND PRODUCE—RETAIL. Breakfast Bacon, per lb Brooms Buckets Buckwheat flour, per sack Butter, per lb Candles, per lb Carbon oil, per gal - Cheese, per lb Chickens - Coffee, per lb Dried Apples, per lb Dried Beef, percan Eggs, pordoz Ham, per lb Lard per lb * Maple Molasses, per gal New Orleans Molasses, per gal.. Potatoes, per bu.. Rice, per lb Rolled Oats. 2 lb packages Salt, per bbl Balt, per sack Balt Fish, per pall , 8moked side bacon, per lb 8alt side, per lb Boap, per cake Starch, per lb Sugar, jper 16 1b Sweet Potatoes, per lb Tea per lb 18 25@35 15<3tf0 35 33 12V4 10@12 16 35@40 13035 11 28 33 20 15 95 40060 1 30 10 12 1 25 305 65 16 16 5 5 1 00 2 35050 New Century Comfort. Millions are daily finding a world of comfort in Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. It kills pain from Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Bruises; conquers Ulcers and Fever Sores; cures Eruptions, Salt Rheum, Boils and Felons; removes Corns and Warts. Best Pile cure on earth. Only 25c at H. F. Barkley’s drug store. 2 16 30 SORE MOUTH—There is nothing so good as Ozoline. It never fails to cure. M. A. Bowman. • </) k J £ io PROFESSIONAL CARDS. N. A. OORT. ' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office adjoining Eagle street residence, Mount Pleasant, Pa. RABE F. MARSH, ATTOIINEY-AT-LAW. 40 Bank & Trust Building, Greensburg First National Bank Building. Mount Pleas-ant. Pa.. Tuesday and Wednesday of each week. EUGENE WARDEN, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 208 Main street, Greensburg. Braddock Block, Mount Pleasant. GREGG & POTTS. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Barclay Building, Greensburg. \K7 A. KALP, vv • Real Estate and Insurance Agency. 833 East Main street. S. C. Stevenson, NOTARY PUBLIC. REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE, 457 MAIN ST.. MOUNT PLEASANT. L. S. RHOADES, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 4 NOTARY PUBLIC. All kinds of legal capers prepared and exe cuted. Collecting a specialty. Office 1109 Main Street. Mount Pleasant iT NATIONAL OF MOUNT PLEASANT, PA. Capital Stock $100,000 OFFICERS: H. W. Stoner, J. D. Ilitchman. President. Cashier. G. W. Stoner, Vice President DIRECTORS. J. 8. Hitchman, J. I). Hitchman, H. W. Stoner, Win. B. Neel, J. O. Crownover, Jos. R. Stauffer. S N. Warden, Dr. J. II. Clark. C. W. Stoner. Particular attention given to collections, and proceeds promptly settled. MOUNT PLEASANT, PA. Capital Stock, Surplus Fund, 150,000.00. $40,000.00. OFFICERS. J. S. Hitchman, President. J, L. Ruth, Cashier. DIRECTORS. J. McD. Bryce, John Husband. J. L. Rut h. O. P. Shupe. J. A. Warden, J. S. Hltenman. J. O. Crownover, J. L. Myers. Jno. M. Stauffer. Rumbaugh & Dillon 619 Main Street. WHY DO THE BEST DRESSED MEN DEAL HERE? The best dressed men throughout this locality are men who deal with us. The reasons they deal with us, and the reasons they are the best dressed men are of considerable importance toevery clothing buyer. This is one of the reasons “why.'’ Here is Reason No. 6. Every man with social aspirations must own a Dress Suit--and a Tuxedo Coat for less formal occa-sions. Of course no man here-abouts would think of buy-ing a Full Dress Suit or 1 uxedo anywhere but from this store. And for this very simple reason--no other store can assure the easy, graceful fit so essen-tial in garments meant for social functions. Our Full Dress garments are from Schloss Tms UBU Q" GARWEIIT-- Bros. & Co., of Baltimore, makers of the “Best Clothing in the World.” All their clothing bears this label®^^ Guarantees Superiority. RUMBAUGH & DILLON, High-grade Clothing and Furnishings for Gentlemen and Boys. Zimmerman Block, Main street, Mount Pleasant, Pa. Bookkeeping. Classes in this and other subjects will be or-ganized at the opening of our second term. Pyrography. The art department is active in this popular subject just now. Everybody wants some “burnt wood work” for home decoration or for presents. Pyrography can be learned in a short time at little cost. Choral Classes. Children’s Class at 10.00 a. m. Saturday. Advanced Class at 10:30 a. m. Saturday. A young ladies' class will be organized at the opening of the second term to meet Wednesday afternoons at 3:30 The above work and much more at the Mount Pleasant Institute. Spring Term Opens Mar. 25. H. C. DIXON, Principal. Excelsior Bakery. Bread and Cakes, wnoiesaie and Retail. C. A. ORAL!, Prop’r HcCORMICK HARVESTING HACHINERY. We handle'not only all the McCormick Harvesting Ma-chinery but also Wagons, Carriages, Surreys, Buggies, Harness, Blankets, Robes, Whips, etc., all of the very best and at lowest prices. Call and examine. J. J. HITCHnAN, East Main street Mount Pleasant, - i / ! THE MOUNT PLKA8ANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1903. fthcSttountflleaaantJournal JOHN L. BIUBLIJS. PUBLISHER. Mount Pleasant is situated In the hei.il of the Ureut Oonnellsvllle (Joke Iteuton. Inis 11 population of over 15,000; while, withoflk'Oh surrounding within a radius of three miles the postoffice distribution is 1H.00O. A new 24- pot tableware glass factory, the lines; In Ibis country and employing over 400 hands. Is In successful dally operation. SUBSCRIPTION *1.150 per year, payable in advance. ADVERTISING RATES will be furnished on application. JOB PRINTING of every kind with the best workmanship and best material. FRIDAY. January 30. 1003. OUR HOSPITAL APPROPRIATION. In the recommendations of the State Board of Charities to the Legislature the Mount Pleasant Hospital is set down for $5,500, while the board thinks large number of persons engaged in callings surrounded with more or less danger. The deaths are classified as follows: On railroads. 188; iu miues, 78; on street railways. 4; explosions, 7; burns, 15; drowning, 20; shooting self defense, 1; suicides, 14; murders, 13: sadden deaths from various natural causes, 58 The Oorouer, who had considerable trouble in getting proper reports from undertakers and others having charge of bodies where death was sudden or violent, sensibly suggests that all snch cases should he investigated in order to avoid making serious mistakes; while physicians should be certain of their right to grant a death certificate before they do so. There is fond for reflection in the statement that of the twelve murderers nine escaped, six being known nnd three unknown, and we heartily com-mend the Coroner’s snggesi ion thatdur-i -1 ilii ■ 'Nwx'‘ . m =SSS££t \ S0D9. 12 3 4 5 6 7 Till. Wg@. TOM. TOO. 3&T 8 9 10 11 121314 15 161718 10 2021 ,222312425120271281 f/i 4, Greensburg should have $12,000. Con nellsville 21,800 and Uniontown, $20,000. Of course, the board's action doesn’t set tie the amount of the appropriations that will be made, but it will have its weight, although no one acquainted with the situation will question its un-fairness to the charitable people of Mount Pleasant. Maunt Pleasant is the center of a pop-ulation, largely mining, greater than any of the other towns named.* The borough limits do not show this, but the patronage of the local postofliee, with po8toffice8 completely surrounding with an average radius of scarcely two miles, makes good the claim as it is now over 15,000. The need of a local hospital has long been apparent and we feel sure that a i visit from an investigating committee will result in the Legislature greatly increasing the sum recommended by the : been heard from through the presenta-ing 1903 the proper authorities offer a standing reward of sufficient amount to iustify a little risk or loss of time by constable or any one else for the appre hension of any one guilty of any unlaw-ful killing, and see if this would offer a solution of the problem. Pleased With Deal. Scottdale Observer. “The Observer’’ is pleased over the sale of the Scottdale electric light plant for two reasons. One is that electric lights may be had at any hour or minute, day or night. The second is that any small factory wishing to start in town can get electric power needed direct from the electric wire system now strung all through our ’burg. “As«ie” is Good. Pittsburg Times. After a long silence Aguinaldo has State Board of Charities. BE FAIR TO ••CAPPV." West Newton citizens who are oppos-ed to the proposed repeal of their local option law are already up in arms •against Hon. W. F. Morrison, of this place, because the bill has been given him to present, but our cold water friends from good old Robbstown are a trifle hasty in thus condmning before the defendant has been heard. In accepting the measure for presen tation Mr. Morrison simply acted cour-teously toward people who are his con-stituents and who have the right to ex-pect such treatment at his hands. Rep-resentatives frequently present bills whose passage they afterwards oppose. In this instance Mr. Morrison took the bill, saying he would place it before the House at the proper time and be guided by the wishes of the majority of the citizens of West Newton. He took the same ground while seeking both nomination and election. It wag the sensible view to take of the question and we trust that the good cold water people of West Newton fair to “our Cappy.” CORONER'S ANNUAL REPORT. The report of Dr. Charles A. Wynn, Coroner of this county, for last year Lehows that 883 deaths came under his j announces that sessions will he held on arisdiction and of that number heern neled a jury in only 56 eases. This is Saturday. This is proper. Other people have to work on Saturday and there is THE i-2 PRICE FOR ALL WINTER CLOTHING STILL CONTINUES. ALL THINGS FOR ALL MEN. In this line of Winter Clothing every age from the “first pants” upward can be appropriately suited from the big stock of Winter Clothing for Men and Coys at Just 1=2 the Price. We clothe the body with comfort and the mind with satisfaction. CvPyfiJGHT Blowing Considerable yfipS about goods and the extraordinary —cut in price on fill men's Furnlslilniis. ^ Feel that they are deserving of as many blasts as we can give them if su good quality is the essence of true value. These Men’s Furnishings are all essence. Prices touch the pocketbook lightly. Seasonable goods at next to nothing prices—1/3 and % the regular price. See that you are well equipped for your expedition through the mud and rain this winter. Our WATER-PROOF SHOES, made of water and wear-resisting leather, defy the damp. All sizes and styles for men, women and children. Small Prices Excellent Y/alue. mm >1±EJ±F Copyright H.Goldstone, CLOTHING, SHOES and FURNISHINGS. Mount Pleasant’s Largest Men’s Outfitting Store. Cor. Main and Church sts. Dealers in General Merchandise. 4 5 Department Stores 45. tion to Congress of a fiscal plan, submit ted by him to Secretary Root, for the relief of the Filipinos. Secretary Root says that Aguinaldo is doing all in his power to aid the Americans, a fact which will undoubtedly be set down to his credit by the latter. The Old Man's Busy. Somerset Democrat Senator Quay is having a strenuous winter for an old man.and between his troubles over the omnibus statehood bill, in Washington, and those over political conditions in Pennsylvania, he is likely to be overworked. If the Bill is Bi^ht. Oonnellsvllle Courier. The politicians and public officers of Westmoreland county should quit fuss-ing and build that court house. The county needs it and can afford to pay the bill. The Sin of Checkers. Pittsburg Leader. Down in Jersey a ministerial associa-tion is arguing the question whether or not it is a sin to play checkers. It is. Next to “Pussy Wants a Corner” it is will at least be 1 the most inquitous of pastimes. No Reason at All. Uniontown News Standard. In order to make Bure that the Legisla-ture will clear up its docks and be ready to adjourn by April 10, Speaker Walton Sell Everything. We have some very desirable bargains to offer in all our departments, and would like to see you, if you need anything, or if you think you are notin need of any-thing; come in anyway and look at us—you may find something you want and did not know it. Come and see our stores—you will feel benefitted at least by your visit, just by having seen what we are doing, what great, progressive mercantile establishments we are conducting, and how much good we are doing for the general public by keeping down prices and keeping up quality. We are leaders in our business; we never follow. The other fellow gets his cue.from us, and we keep them all moving. We are the competition you have heard so much about, “The Life of Trade.’’ Now we are going to close out a lot goods in our Dry Goods departments, Dress Goods departments, Ladies’ Tailoring departments, Fancy Goods depart-ments, All Woolen Goods departments, Men's Clothing departments, Overcoats in particular, Shoe depart-ments— we are right at home in this line. You will never have your shoes exactly right until you buy them from us. Our Men’s Cap departments have some-thing particularly attractive to show you. Our Furniture and Carpet departments are not the least by any means—in fact, there are few as good. Our Grocery and Provision departments are be-yond comparison. Our goods are always fresh and the best. Have you never been told so by one of our customers? If not, please ask them; we are sure they will tell you that we are the best people for the cus-tomer in the business. We dress our own fresh meats and have nicely equipped markets connected with all our stores. UNION SUPPLY COMPANY. a high mortality considering the \ no reason why lawmakers shouldn't. START NEW YEAR RIGHT. You cannot do this better than by looking to your feet and seeing that they are supplied with the best shoes on the mar-ket. There are none better than these world famous lines of ours: For Hen, Walkover and Stetson. For Women, The Sorosis. For Boys, The School Boy’s Pride. For Misses, The flaloney Bros. W. A. PYNE, 711 ITain street, Mount Pleasant, = Pa. THIS MOUNT PI/KAHANT JOURNAL, FRIDA’S, JANUARY 30, U>«i3. HAPPENINGS AT HOME For the Past Week Briefly Men-tioned. LITTLE TALK OF THE TOWN THAT WILL BOTH INTEREST AND ENTERTAIN. A Department in Which the Local Edltoi Holds High Carnival and Works off hie Surplus Energy In Condensations That Deal Solely with Matters Relating to Mount Pleasant The public schools at Spring Garden were closed yesterday for two weeks on account of smallpox. The Principals’ Round Table, of which Prof. Miller, of this place, is president, will meet at Greensburg to-morrow. J, G. Thompson, of this place, carried off first honors at Tuesday's rifle shoot at Latrobe, winning the third of the prize hog. Charles F. Arnold, of this place, and Millie Williams, of Uniontown, took out a marriage license at the latter place Tuesday. David Coldsmith, of this place, in-tends setting out seven acres of the Ez. Gross farm near Greensburg in horse-radish this spring. Rev. McClure will preach at the Re Union Presbyterian church Sunday morning, F.ev. Lyle changing off to the First Baptist pulpit. The pastor, Rev. Moore, is conducting a series of successful revival meetings in the A. M. E. Zion church. There have been 14 conversions. James Brothers, late with the More-wood clerical force, has been promoted to the management of the Union Sup-ply Company’s Mutual store. Hon. W. F. Morrison, of this place, has been appointed secretary of the Ways and Means Committee of the House, of which he is a member. The up-to date local teachers have or-ganized a reading circle and will hold semi-monthly meetings, studying the latest educational works aB well as other good literature. Gertrude, a little daughter of Robert Wallace, of Eagle street, had her left leg badly broken near the ankle Satur-day afternoon while coasting on East Washington Btreet J. W. Swartz, the wall paper and paint man, moved back into his hand-some new Main street block Saturday, his daughter, Miss Mary, the millinery, again occupying the second story. Burglars ransacked Andrew Neider’s East End residence Sunday night while the family was absent at church, tear ing up even the carpets in a vain search for money. So far as known, nothing was taken. Readers of THE JOURNAL who wish to take a whirl at the Pittsburg “Lead-er's” 50 cent election guessing contest for prizes aggregating $1,000 will find the necessary coupon in another column of this issue. Dr. B. M. Loar feels very keenly the loss of a fine turkey which strayed away from his College avenue coop last Thursday. “Mel" is still in hope that the fowl fell into honest hands and will be returned to him. The renomination of W. R. Myers, of Laurelville, for supervisor, is reported as very pleasing to the Mount Pleasant township unterrified. He received the largest vote at his party’s primary elec tion on Saturday last. At the men’s meeting to be held in the Grand Opera House Sunday after noon at 2:30 Rev. James B. McClnre, the Greensburg evangelist, who will be in charge, will give some 75 stereopticon views of the life of Christ. The State Board of Charities has rec-ommended that the Legislature appro-priate $5,500 for the local hospital. The management, however, has had a bill ' introduced asking for $25,0000 and will do all in its power to get it through. Max Gorman, the Ludwick Hebrew whom Joe Schultz, of this place, had arrested last week on a charge of em-bezzlement, settled the case by return-ing the amount in dispute and paying the costs of the case to Justice McWill-iams. Mr. and Mrs. David Patterson desire to thus express their deep sense of grat itude for the many kindnesses shown them by the Greensburg hospital people as well as neighbors and friends during the illneBS and following the death of their son Denver. Lnpton Frantz, who tried to commit suicide at Johnstown recently upon his release from the penitentiary where he served two years for having stabbed ex- Cbief of Police Witt, of this place, is now around his old Scottdale haunts, none the worse of his self-inflicted wounds. The will of the late Miss Harriet Hitchman was probated Monday by the executors, J. J. Hitchman, of this place, and Roy Spencer, Esq., of Toledo, O., who will receive the residue of the es tate after paying O. P. Shupe $500, the First Reformed church $100 and the St. Clair Cemetery Association, of Greens-burg, $200, GROVER SEEMS TO GROW YOUNG Former President Talks of Mor-gan and Frick to Pittsburger. HALE AND HEARTY MAN Joseph Kornblum Tells of duiet Family Life In Colonial Princeton Home-In-terested in Pittsburgh’s Proposed Universities. Ex-President Grover Cleveland may not have visions of a third term as chief executive of the nation, but according to a Pittsburgher who has just returned from a visit to the Cleveland mansion in Princeton, Grover is in better health than he has been foryears, and actually seems to be getting younger Instead of older. Joseph Kornblum, the optician who attended to Mr. Cleveland's eyes when he was in the White House, was recent-ly summoned to the plain old colonial homestead at Princeton, where the ex-president is living in quiet. Mr. Kornblum tells his friends that the sage of Buzzards Bay has one of the happiest homes in America. He lives in a modest, old fashioned house, sur-rounded by large grounds, in the little town, which hardly numbers 1,500 in-habitants, when the college is closed. When Mr. Kornblum stepped upon the porch of the Cleveland mansion Tuesday afternoon his eyes were greeted by the sign, “Bell broken; knock at the door.” Mr. Cleveland waB at home, as he is to all callers at Princeton, and the three children were playing about the house. Dick is a wiry little 4 year-old, fvrll of health and spirits. As for the girls—well, the time is not so far distant now, when the eldest, Ruth, will make her debut in society. She is a tall, handsome girl, 13 years old, and already reaches above the shoulder of her father. Esther is only a few years behind. Mr. Cleveland was much interested in the Gazette’s exclusive story of the uni-versity which H. C Frick proposes to give Pittsburgh. "What are yon going to do with all these good things in Pittsburgh?” asked the ex president. Speaking of Pierpont Morgan, Mr. Cleveland said: “] know Mr. Morgan very well. ' He is a much better man than the general public seems to believe. He is a phil-anthropist and a charitable man.” “Mr. Cleveland looked 10 years young-er than he did two years ago.” Mr. Kornblum said. “He is not so stout and his activity is remarkable.” The optician said the ex-president’s eyes would be in better condition if he exercised more, and recommended walk ing, but Mr. Cleveland said he was not fond of walking, “except.” he added, “when I am out hunting; then I can outwalk them all.” He said he had planned to start on a hunting trip on December 12. Will remove our Pittsburg establish-ment to the Arrott Building, Wood street and 4th avenue, February 9th next. FOR SALE:—A 7-roomed house and good lot with stable on Washington street, between College avenue and Dia mond street. Inquire of William Price, No. 416 Smithfield street, Mount Pleasant. It NOTICE:—Frank Gratchec, of Besse-mer, has postponed the drawing for his horse, buggy and harness from January 28 to February 28. It WANTED:—A stout boy, about 16 years of age, to learn the carriage black-smith trade. Apply at once to Galley Bros., Mount Pleasant. 1 30 2 REWARD:—The finder of the lost pocketbook, belonging to the Singer Manufacturing Co. and containing some $20 and valuable papers, will, upon returning the same to the company’s agent, F. M. Sargent, Church street, Mount Pleasant, be allowed to retain not only the money hut will be given a liberal reward besides. , 1 80 tf FOR RENT:—Seventy acre farm in Mount Pleasant township, Westmore-land county. Inquire of C. J. Rose, Greensburg, Pa. 1 30 4t WANTED:—Salesmen to sell oils, greases, paints and compound. Salary or commission. Fairfax Refining Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 23 2 Almost everybody knows what “King B” is—Tinstman has it. 28 2 2 FOR RENT:—A furnished, lighted and I heated room on South Church street, j Apply at this office. 1 23 tf AROUND AND ABOUT, But Principally Within the | Bounds of This County. A FULL COLUMN OF GOOD NEWS SECURED FROM THE PAGES OF RE-LIABLE EXCHANGES. WANTED:—A reliable man to take agency for us in Mount Pleasant and surrounding territory, liberal terms; write us for particulars; small bond re-quired. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 206 3rd ave., Pittsburg, Pa. 2 4 There are those who say “King B” is better than Maple. It costs less than half. How these Articlee Appear After They Have been Boiled Down Into Short Paragraphs That Speak to the Point But Briefly of Interesting Events ; Transpiring In the Old Star of the West [ Burglars have become so active at Manor that the citizens have organized , a vigilance committee. The East Greensburg public schools were closed last week as a son of Will-iam McGinnis had Bmallpox. Secretary of the Commonwealth Frank Fuller, of Uniontown, has about j recovered from an attack of pneumonia, j 1 Georanni Spahno, an Italian employed | by railroad contractors near Stewart, had his head cut off Friday by a train. B. & O. conductors, trainmen and yardmen have received their 10 percent, i advance in wages that dates from Jan-uary 1. Three hundred boys and girls are on ( strike at the McKee flint glass work3, Jeannette, because their wageB have been reduced. ( Hon. Cyrus E. Woods, the head of the , Senate Judiciary Committee, has ap-pointed William Mitinger, of Greens- I burg, his secretary. , Somerset county farmers have started . a movement to form a company for the purpose of making extensive tests for I oil on their holdings. Mackey Lyons, aged 23 years, was caught in the machinery of a stone 1 crusher at Bellevernon Saturdny. His , body was ground to pulp The Pennsylvania railroad now oper-ates its Unity and New Alexandria ( branches by telephone, intending to ex- . tend the system to other lines. The 4-year old daughter of Robert Moss, a Connellsville colored man, was burned to death Friday by her clothes catching fire from an open grate. Mrs. Mary Milholland, of Monessen, J1 waB run down by a P. V. & C. passenger j i train near Lock No. 4 Friday and in-j stantly killed. She was 47 years of age. Randolph Nutt, of a prominent Fay-ette county family, is in jail at Union-town charged with having forged a check for$I00 on J. Stockley Elliott, of Brownsville. Daniel, the 18-yer old son of David W. Shupe, a former resident of this place, was severely hurt about the head Fri-day evening while coasting near his Greensburg home. Two B. & O. freights on the Redstone branch collided at Walker's siding Sun-day, severely injuring J. Loseaw and Maurice Fullerton, two brakemen, and wrecking a number of cars. The Star Brewing Company, of Greensburg, capital stock $100,000 will soon ask for a charter. The principal owners are B. E. Levenstein, David Hudson and Harry Alwine. The Hogg heirs, who sued the bor-ough of Connellsville for $25,000 dam-ages for property taken for improve-ments, were allowed $8,047.95. The viewers’ award was only $4,000. Connellsville Democrats had an ex-ceedingly warm primary election Tues-day, especially for Burgess, for which William McCormick beat both George B. Brown and Joseph McMasters. David and William Carroll, of Scott-dale, with Joseph, John and R. M. Carroll, have organized the Carroll Lumber Company with $25,000 capital and will erect a planing mill at Union-town. A charter has been granted the La-trobe, Pleasant Unity and Greensburg Street Railway Company, the line to connect the towns named. Capt. John B. Keenan, of Greensburg, is one of the incorporators. Three men broke into the Fairchance postofflce Tuesday night, but were driven off by H. Humphreys, who sleeps above his store next door, before they could blow the safe with tools dropped when they fled. Andrew Carnegie will present the Lutheran church at Latrobe with a $8,500 pipe organ, the last cent of in-debtedness for the new $25,000 church edifice having been paid off. The organ is expected to arrive soon. Fast mail train No. 7 on the Pennsyl-vania railroad collided with a shifting engine at the Southwest Junction, GreenBbnrg, Saturday, smashing the passenger engine and badly shaking up the passengers. No one was hurt. Widows of William Bracken, John Rhoades, Grandon Smith and Frank Wakefield, whose husbands were killed last June in an explosion at the Cam-bria Powder Company’s Seward plant, have sued the company for $20,000 each. Mrs. Charles Ustf\kol, wife of a coal miner living near Crabtree, suicided early Monday morning by shooting her-self in the right temple with a 82 calibre revolver. She was 27 years of age, robnBt and it is not known what prompt- I ed the rash act. and find we have too much winter stock on hand and we are determined to get rid of same regardless of costand are offering you strictly new, up-to-date CLOTHING AND FURNISHINGS for Men, Boys and Children far below their actual cost. Remember our stock is not five or ten years old, and by coming to onr store you are sure of getting NEW GOODS. Read carefully the items below and bring this with you to be convinced that we advertise nothing but the truth. Dress Shirts Sizes 12 to 18. Our entire line of soft and stiff Dress Shirts, Gold, Silver and International brands. All that sold for $1.50 now at $| 00; all that sold for $1.00 now at 60c. Men’s and Young Men’s Overcoats. Short, Medium and Long. Lengths to suit yourself. Every Overcoat guaranteed by the maker. $7.00 and $ 8.00 ones now at $5 00 9.00 and 10.00 ones now at 6 00 So on accordingly, up to the best in the house. Men’s and Young Men’s Suits. The very newest, all this season’s goods. Remember all our Suits are guaranteed by the maker. For any unreasonable wear, a new one free. All Suits that were sold at $ 7.50 to $ 8 00, now at $ 4 50 9.00 to 11.00, now a t 6 00 12.00 to 14 00, now at 7 50 15.00 to 18.00, now at 10 00 Come anfl take your pick, heavy or medi-um weight, and no remodeled prices. Strict ly the truth. Children’s Suits. in medium and heavy weight. In the new Norfolk and Vestee Suits, ages 2^ to 8 years. Come and take your pick of any suit in the house at One-Half Off their actual cost. Children’s Overcoats. Reefers, $ and extra long coats. A very fine selection, ages 3 to 9, at Dne-Half Off. It will pay you to convince yourself. Men’s Waterproof Working Coats. Blanket lined, $2.50 at $| 25 3.00 at | 50 Trousers. the Boys’ Double Breasted Knee Pants Suits, 1-3 Off. Pants made with double knee and seat. Heavy and some medium weights, good for all year round. Sweet, Orr & Co. ’s Corduroy Pants, best in the world, $4.00 grade at $2 90 Cord, pants, made by the reliable Union houses, all that were sold at $3 now $2; $2.50 now at $| 50: $2.00 now at | 25 Dress and Working Pants. No room to go into details but positively ,1-3 off their actual cost. Hats, Caps, Gloves and Handkerchiefs, all accordingly reduced. We have the goods to back up what we say here. Everything in our store must be as represented or money refunded. Nulf Ced. Remember the place. PITAS. PROSS, MEN’S 603 /V\aln Street, AND BOYS’ OUTFITTER. (mvillin Block.,) mount Pleasant, Pa. m Strickler’s Store. MV Established 1854. What counts ? Jan. 29, 1903. Large advertisements--or goods and prices ? For this store-goods and prices. Never as now at this Clearance Sale of Winter Goods. Never did it like this year as to goods and prices. Proof-read and then see the goods. KID GLOVES. One dollar black and assorted tans, lace, for . . . 68C Dollar twenty-five blacks and all colors, lace and clasp, for 85C LACE CURTAINS. Broken Lots of two and three pairs each. $1.00 Curtains for 75C $1.35 “ “ 90C If you need curtains in two or three pairs of a kind now is the time to buy. No matter what quality, the price is cut thirty, forty and in some instances fifty per cent. LADIES’ JACKETS. Not many left but whatever the price you buy now at One- Half of former prices. SHOES. Missss’ $1.25 and $1.35 box calf and kid shoes reduced to 95C “ 2.00 “ * “ $| 50 Men’s 3.50 box calf, best quality, “ “ 250 “ 2.50 grain bluchers . . • “ “ I 75 Every department contributes in making this the greatest clear-ance of winter goods in this store’s history. /Wain street and Diamond Square. THE MOUNT PLEASANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1003. A BOGUS DETECTIVE Loo Metzner, of Trafford City, Who Arrested an Alleged Counterfeiter, is Him-self a Fugitive. 1 HE1 Notable Events From Janu-ary to December. RECORD DAY BY DAY Startling Volcanic Upheavals In the West Indies. REAPER Cicci Donate, the Italian arrested hy "Detective" Leo Metzner, of Trafford City, on a charge of being a member of a counterfeiting gang in Pittsburg, was released from jail at Greensbnrg Friday and then went b fore Justice Hoffer and preferred a charge of highway rob-bery against Metzner, claiming that Metzner relieved him of $15 in East Pittsburg. Metzner met him in Pittsburg while he was inquiring the way to Linhart, the home of his brother in law, and promised to take him there. Instead he took him to East Pittsburg to the lock-up. He there met Policeman O’Brien. Donate refused to enter a cell and broke away. His pursuit and capture by Metzner and Officer O'Brien formed the basis of a sensational story told the local authorities by Metzner District Attorney Cunningham is convinced that Donate is innocent of counterfeiting and that he was the victim of Metzner, who is still at large but whose vanity may undo him. President Castro And His People "ESS than half a dozen years ago there appeared on the troubled surface of things in Venezuela a thin, dark bearded young man with bright, restless black eyes and a high forehead. He had come from a little Venezuelan village some-where on the Colombian frontier, a lit-tle village nestling at the foot of the snow capped Andes. He was poor, ob-scure and without influence. But the young man with the restless eyes and the high forehead was a soldier of the Napoleonic order. He began to mix in the various revolts which were being fomented against the government. He found plenty of this work to do. He displayed a remarka-ble talent for getting men together nnd making them win battles. Of course thovo batik's were only skirmishes, but army, it was sheer folly, or course, but while Andrade was engaged In de-molishing this little band the young man had slipped around the corner and by a series of forced marches reached Caracas, which was defended only by a handful of troops. The young man coolly marched in, took possession of the capital and pro-claimed himself dictator. He has been dictator ever since. His name is Ciprt-nno Castro. Such was the rise to fame of the man who has involved Venezuela in a most variegated lot of trouble with European nations. From obscurity and poverty lie has risen with meteoric rapidity to worldwide fame and to the possession of great wealth. For more than three years lie has ruled his turbulent republic with autocratic tatter being the name of the new gov-ernment palace at Caracas. In his capital Castro works as silent-ly ns a servant in rubber shoes. He moves In the darkness, stealthily, as one whose Intent may lie challenged. He Is a lint among the people. Sooner or later he must follow one or another of Ills predecessors—Guzman Blanco, who died wealthy In Paris: Crespo, who was shot In battle; Andrt.de. who, having escaped through the back door of the palace as Castro nnd his soldiers crashed In at the front, fled to Barba dos on Venezuela’s only gunboat and then, with infinite courtesy, sent the boat back to Castro with a note say-ing, “I return you the navy; you may need It yourself.” Castro's aspirations lean rather to tlie Blanco method of exit nnd to a golden exile. Traitors in Ills own house I WORK OF THF GRIM toll of frequent shipments of gold sent1 MUlm abroad by the thrifty president. In the heart of the capital city there Is a palace which has an extension built entirely of steel. The house is called Mira Flores and was the residence of Crespo when that fighting general was president. Tlie steel extension was not built with the forethought of tire; it is earthquake proof. That the steel house is bullet proof is an added point of merit In tlie dicta-tor’s eyes. That which Castro most fears is not earthquake, not nature, but humankind. Richard Harding Davis tells an anecdote of Castro in connec-tion with tills steel house. ‘The president is a good fellow," says Davis, “and tlie type of a lighter General Funston represents in tills country, lie is a great admirer of President Roosevelt, whose rough rid ers he is never tired of hearing about, imagining them like his own troop; which rode across the state. He want ed me to tell President Roosevelt tint; if the United States ever went to will he should come to Washington and of for his sword in our service. An minis lug thing happened in his householi the other day. Some time ago lie built himself a line ‘palace’ and put in It an all steel room, decorated by French artists and costing $10,000, to take ref nge in during earthquakes. Three weeks ago there was an earthquake, but the president and his entire house-hold clean forgot the $10,000 steel room, running instead into the street.” In Venezuela Castro has under his sway about 2,500,000 people, scattered over an area of 593,043 square miles. The population is of the same charac-ter as in Colombia and Ecuador—a mixture of Indians, Spanish, half breeds and negroes, though tlie mix-ture of Indian blood with the Spanish iB not so great as it is in Colombia. In the latter country the Indian blood Is very prominent, nnd Its possessors, so far from seeking to conceal the fact, nre rather proud of it. The people of these countries are fighters in their Irregular way, but the most sturdy and the best soldiers in Venezuela nre the cow punchers of the llanos, great plains like the plains of our west, nnd in Colombia (be little Indians from Canon are ns brave nnd ns fond of tumult nnd battle as they are undisciplined and hard to control. Office and Works Near R. u. Stations Bell ’Phone 34. IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS, Dot Water and Steam Heating. Boilers, Engines and all kinds of Hachinery Repaired We make Castings for all kinds of Stoves and Heaters BE COMFORTABLE And you can be so in cold weather only when your house or place of business is warmed by a good heater. There are three agents for this purpose, hot air, hot water and steam, but the greatest of these is steam and especially is this true when it is used in A plant of this kind, put in by J. A Stevenson & Co. can be seen in successful operation in THE JOURNAL Blocu. CALL AND SEE IT WORK P4YS’4TtIMiEE!eP052 BANK BY MAIL It is just as safe as in person — It is many times easier— It causes you no unnecessary trouble— Drop us a postal for booklet—How TO BANK BY MAIL. Capital and surplus, $3,750,000 *f/.. •5-// **/•//» QUINSY—To prevent it take Ozoline I in time. 'There is nothing better. M A. Bowman. It it’s h JEWELRY You’re looking for, We’ve got It All. Watches, Chains, Rings, Collar Buttons, Studs, Brooches, Gold Pens, Clocks, Charms, Bracelets CuffButtons, Scarf Pins, Ear Rings, Inkstands, | and a complete and very hand | some line of 1 Silver Novelties j which will be well worth your I while to come and see. We never I had a finer line of these goods 1 than we have this season, and the i prices are very reasonable. Come | and see the goods before making I your purchases. i ll. C. MORRISON, At the New Stand, J Farmers & Merchants Nat. Bank Block, Mount Pleasant. Pa. Jrr7r^nr7i^7r:rr^r7r:7r:7r7r*i Losses of Life and Treasure by and have patterns for the Tropic Heaters. Flames, Accident, Storms and Shipwrecks—Personal Items, Pollt- I leal, Sporting and Miscellaneous | Affairs—A Chronological Review. MAY. 3. Volcanic Eruption: A flow of lava fol-lowing an eruption of Mont Pelee, Island of Martinique, burled 150 people and caused great destruction of prop-erty on the outskirts of St. Pierre. Sporting: Arsenal won the Metropolitan Handicap at Morris park. New York. 4. Storms: A cloudburst at Foss, Okla., drowned 9 persons and damaged the town to the amount of $200,000. A windstorm caused damage of >300.000 in St. Louis. Obituary: Potter Palmer, noted multi-millionaire of Chicago, In that city; aged 76. 5. Political: The first Cuban congress as-sembled at Havana. Fire: In New Milford, Conn.; loss, $400,- 000. 6. Shipwreck: The British steamer Ca-morta foundered during a cyclone In the bay of Bengal; over 700 people lost. Obituary: Rear Admiral William T. Sampson, U. S. N., retired, In Wash-ington; aged 62. F. Bret Harte, the author, at Camberley, England; aged 63. S. Obituary: Paul Leicester Ford, the novelist, killed by his brother, Malcolm Ford, In New York city; aged 37. Volcanic Disasters: St. Pierre, Island of Martinique, destroyed by the eruption of the volcano of Mont Pelee; loss of life estimated over 30,000. The same day the volcano of La Soufrlere, Is-land of St. Vincent, broke out and de-stroyed 1,700 lives. Many vessels lost In the harbor of St. Pierre. Obituary: Dr. Sir Henry Morton, noted American scientist, president of the Stevens Institute of Technology at Hoboken, N. J., In New York city; aged 66. Explosion: An explosion of naphtha in the yards of the Panhandle R. R. near Pittsburg resulted In heavy loss of life and damage amounting to $600,000. Anthracite Strike: The miners of Penn-sylvania went out on a strike, de-manding shorter hours and increased rates per ton. 15. Obituary: Dr. William Todd Helmuth, noted surgeon and homeopathist, In New York city; aged 69. 16. Fire: Loss of $900,000 by flames in the Armour lard refinery, Chicago. Loss of $300,000 In a tannery fire at Catta-raugus, N. Y. 17. Riot: 4 white officers of the law and 8 negroes killed at Pittsburg, a suburb of Atlanta. Fire: At Houlton, Me., the business dis-trict swept, with a loss of $500,000. 18. Tornado: At Goliad, Tex., about 100 people killed and as many injured. 19. Explosion: 220 deaths caused by gas explosion In the Fraterville mine, Coal Creek, Tenn. 20. Political: President Estrada Palma In-stalled as executive of the Cuban re-public. Obituary: E. L. Godkln, noted American editor, nt Brtxham, England; aged 71. 21. Fire: At Maysville. Ky., the Enter-prise tobacco warehouse burned; loss, $170,000. Obituary: Francis Varga, a prominent officer of Hungary under the revolu-tion of Kossuth, at Leon, la.; aged 84. 22. Obituary: Mrs. Lily Martin Spencer, noted American artist, in New York city; aged 71. Annie Clark, well known actress of the Boston Mudeum Co., in Chicago; aged 56. Fire: The town of Clover, Halifax coun-ty, Va., nearly destroyed; loss, $100,000. Explosion: Over 100 miners perished by , gas explosion In the Crow's Nest coal mine at Fernle, B. C. 23. Fire: 600 cars burned in the Buffalo stockyards; loss, $600,000. 24. Storm: Extensive damage to property by a severe storm in Illinois, Nebras-ka, Missouri and Kansas. Fire: Loss of $100,000 at Johnstown, O. Obituary: Lord Pauncefote, British am-bassador to the United States, Washington; aged 74. Sporting: llelna won the Brooklyn Handicap at Gravesend. 25. Storm: 6 people killed and crops dam-aged to the amount of $100,000 by violent thunderstorm In Spartanburg county, S. C. 26. Obituary: Henry Greville (Alice Marie Durand), noted French author, In Paris; aged GO. Jean Benjamin Con-stant, noted French painter, In Paris; aged 56. 31. South African War; Terms of peace signed by the Boer representatives and the British officials at Pretoria. INTEREST OH for the. 20th Century buy the new Ball Bearing Sevvino Machine and the Sterlingi! Pianos ^ Organs WARREN DOUGLAS. President. DOUGLAS BUSINESS COLLEGES, McKeesport, Connellsville, Union- I town. Pa., offer to young men and women courses of study which prepare for business life. Catalogue B is free. Send for it to-day. Address either school. PROM J. L. ARMBRUST, of Armbrust, Pa. SEND FOR PRICE LISTS. Repairing of Madhtnee and Organs at tendec to with promptness PRESIDENT CASTRO OF VENEZUELA. the manner In which they were man-aged showed clearly that the young man was born to the game. In a short time he had a following. By courtesy It was called an army. There were two or three of these ar-mies then in the field. General Hernan-dez was at the head of one. At that time Andrade was president of Vene-zuela. Hernaudcz and the other revo-lutionists fought Independently of each other. Each was for himself. Finally Hernandez was caught away from his army. He was taken prisoner by An-drade. Then Andrade gave ills atten-tion to the others. The dark young man quietly gath-ered up the forces wldch tlie unfortu-nate Hernandez had commanded. One day he heard that Andrade, with a big army, was looking for him. He had been declared an outlaw. A price had been put on his head. This was some-thing of a distinction for an obscure young soldier to have achieved, but it did not embarrass him in the least. Detailing a small part of his force, he sent It out to meet Andrade's big sway, almost constantly busy In crusn-ltig revolts and all tlie time more or less at odds with powerful nations across the sea. And today he is but forty-seven years of nge. Castro is not, as are so many South and Central American chief executives, of almost wholly unmixed Spanish blood. In fact, there is very little, if any, Spanish blood lq his veins. He is said to be almost a full blood Indian, nnd It is alleged that be is proud of his origin. In many wnyB he is an interesting und remarkable man. the most remarkuble In Venezuela. He has much energy, a boundless ambition and an unbounded belief In his country’s future. His grand scheme is to merge Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador In one big federation, with himself as its dictator. Naturally he has met with opposition In carrying out lids plan. He Is surrounded by enemies. When he first appeared as dictator, they called him “El Mono de los Andes.” This was impolite. The phrase means “the Mon-key of the Andes.” Later he hus been called “the Clown of MlrasFlores.” the ATTEND GREENSBURG, The Largest. The Best. Too Careful. The New Reporter—Well, I have done the best I could under the hampering restraint of your excessively strict rules. The City Editor-I think you carry your instructions a little too- far in this Item. The New Reporter—I think not. You distinctly said that I must assert noth-ing. The City Editor—Still. I think you go too far when you say the “alleged deceased citizen appears to have de-liberately shot himself through the | head, presumably with suicidal intent.” —Cleveland Plain Dealer. WHEAT CORN and OATS AS WELL AS STOCKS Bought and carried on moderate mar gins. You con make more money by investing In these commodities in short time than in any other way. Our DAILY FORECAST mailed free. Call or write for further particulars. E. B. JENKINS & CO., Inc. BANKERS AND BROKERS, 314 FOURTH AVE., I i 13t Pittsburg, Pa. Cut flowers —and— floral Designs Long Distance Telephone. P. R. DeMuth & Sons, Connellsville, Pa, Ten competent instructors. Individual atten-tion. Satisfaction guaranteed. Graduates cheer-fully assisted in securing positions. Winter | term will open- Monday, Jan. 5, 1903. Office open daily. Call on or address ALVAN V. LEECH. i i 4t Principal Get the Best SEWING MACHINE That is— G. N. CRAMER, AUCTIONEER. 30 Years Exoerlence, Orders sent, to me at Mount Pleasant will I receive prompt attention. 2 12 -y | THE SINGER, I for which CLARK WALKER, 828 W, Main street, is tne agent for thiB place and vicinity. His reputation, made by many years | of honest dealing, is an enviable one. Second-hand Machines for Sale Cheap HARPER WHISKYM Physicians prescribe it for their most delicate patients. OLD and PURE For sale by J. L. ROBINSON. GERMANIA SAVINGS BANK?* WOOD AND DIAMOND STRUTS PITTSBURGH, PA. This bank's mail sysicmratkrs saving thron Uncle Sam aa convenient as thu' you lived nr dooi— pr- Pays 4 percent, annual imcrest on all deposit*— Absolute safety lies in assets of ovei $6,900,000.00 Write for particu- 1yu f'-fy •• lara. L Chicago to Colorado. New overland service vial Chicago, Milwaukee Sc StJ Paul and Union Pacific line! Thro’ sleeper and free reclin-| ing chair car to Denver fror Chicago 10:25 p.m. daily. Nc changes, no delays. JOHN R. POTT, District Passenger Agent, Room D, Park Building, Pittsburg, Pa.| PARKER’S HAIR BALSAM I Cleanses and beautifies the hair. I Promotes a luxuriant growth. ■ Never Fail* to Restore Gray I Hair to its Youthful Color. I Cures scalp diseases St hair falling. SUc, and $ 1.00 at Druggists THE MOUNT PLICAWANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30 1903. 4S&® ©© ®® ©® ®® THE MYSTERY OF GRASLOV By Aj-hley Towne Copyright, ml, by Charles B. Etheringlnn ®® ©® ®® ®® ®® ®® ®® ®® ®® I®© l,CONTINUED.| "To release the American nnd Vladi-mir from the dungeons and send them to old Paulpoff to get him to safetj'. He must not he harmed, for we want Ills testimony.” “Good!” said Therese, with a shiver. “It is grand—but dangerous.” Olga opened a traveling bag and took therefrom a silver mounted revolver. “I do not wish to kill,” she said; “but if we are discovered there will lie trouble, and I must succeed. Come now, for the honor of the Nesterovs and the house of Graslov!” The princess opened her door and peered into the corridor. The lights were still burning as brightly as dur-ing the ball, but no one was In sight. “Come—all is silent ns the grave,” she said. “Even if we meet some one, it will not cause suspicion.” She led the way, and Therese, shiver-ing with terror, followed. The great stairway and hall were deserted, hut from the little guardroom at the end of the police quarters there came the sound of curses. "Stupid blockhead!” said the voice of Jansky. “Drunk! Who brought him this bottle of wine?” With a quick motion Olga whisked Therese into the same room where she had crouched to listen to Jansky and Unsgethop. There came the sound of unsteady footsteps. Jansky, with the unfinished bottle of Itzig’s wine In his hand, went drunkenly to Ids office. “I’ll finish this—then go to bed,” he muttered. He finished it, and It finished him. It was not ten minutes before ids own eyes closed in that terrible sleep from which he could not arouse himself until the effect of the drug had passed off. “Come!” said Olga. Nervously and quickly she rifled the sleeping man’s pockets nnd found a bunch of keys. Swiftly, then, these Atwo rushed to Itzig's room and, shut-ting the door, barred it on the inside. “Now we can work without molesta-tion,” said Olga. She tried several keys in the lock of an iron door that formed part of the rear wall, but without success. Fi-nally she found one that turned the rusty bolt, and the door swung open. This door led into a small passage, in which there were various articles—lan-terns. whips, chains nnd weapons. Olga quickly chose a lantern which showed it had been recently used nnd lighted it. At the end of the passage was an iron grating forming a door, and this, too, she unlocked with Jansky’s keys. Beyond this was a flight of stone steps leading downward, and then all was darkness. Olga, holding the lantern above her head, led the way down the steps. The stones were cold and damp and slippery ns she neared the bottom. The dark atmosphere sent a chill through her, but the brave girl did not falter. Therese came creeping after her, shivering with fear. They did not count the number of steps, but knew there were many. At last they stood on a cold stone floor. “Now, which way?” she asked, hold-ing the lantern to flash its light as far as possible around her. She could see that they were in a large chamber from which various passages broke away in every direction. “We *jnust not linger—to lose time would be to lose the game,” she said. “Choose this pa-isage and follow it to the end.” She turned into the nearest passage, and the gleams of the lantern were re-flected from slippery walls. As she walked she examined these walls for doors. There were arches that led to other passages and smaller ones that opened into chambers that had evi-dently been once used for prison cells, for chains were hanging on the walls. The lantern in Olga’s hand flashed its light into every nook and cranny until at last she renamed the end of that passage. Making sure Therese was close bBiind, she turned her steps into another passage, running apparently at right angles with the other. This she traversed in the same way until the very bigness of the place and its silence began to awe her. The first courage that had led her to the desperate act gradually gave way to the awful gloom and mystery of the place. But in Its stead there flame a determination not to relinquish the search until she had found the unfortu-nate victims of Neslerov’s hate or prov-ed that they were not there. She walk-ed on, gradually increasing her pace. A door at last greeted her vision—a real door that swung on hinges. “At last, perhaps,” she said. She tried her strength ugainst the door, and, though it was not locked, yet she could not open It sufficiently to enter. “Therese, help me,” she said, setting the lantern down upon the floor. The two placed their shoulders against the door and pushed, and it suddenly opened. Therese was precipitated head-long into the chamber. A rush of foul air almost stifled Olga. There was a peculiar sound, as if Therese had fall-en upon a heap of something. She was whimpering in her terror. Olgu seized the lantern and dashed Into the chamber. A cry of horror es-caped her. She was in what seemed to be an old tomb. At least, there were beans of bones scattered about ami into one of these poor Therese lmd pitched headlong. Olga swung the lantern and, near to the spot where Therese lay. two skele-tons hung in chains. One had lost Its head, but the other, by reason of being fastened in a peculiar way, had retain-ed Its grinning top piece. Therese was in a dead faint. Olga was now in a terrible difficulty. She knelt by the side of Therese. “Oh,” she said, "if I lmd but some water! She will never recover In this place.” Setting the lantern down, she dragged the woman from the place of horrors and laid her down on the cold floor of tlie passage. Then she swung the door shut. Again she began working over The-rese. Olgn saw that she was suffering n severe nervous shock, and the only hope of restoration of her senses was immediate removal from the place. Swinging her lantern upon her arm. she seized hold of Therese and began dragging her along the passage, going backward in order to exert a greater pull on the unconscious woman. In some way—she never knew how— she lost her bearings and came sud-denly against a great stone pillar which stood in the center of a sort of court, from which passages ran like the spokes of a wheel. For a moment she stood there half unwilling to believe the truth. Then, as the horrible fact was borne in upon her. she let the shoulders of Therese lie neglected on the floor while she stared helplessly around her. She could not discover the one through which she had come. She was lost! Created by Andrew Carnegie is Now in Effect'at all the H. C. Frick Coke Com-pany’s Plants, THE REPORT Of THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, The relief fund, created for the em-ployes of the Carnegie Company by Andrew Carnegie setting aside $4,000,- 000 for that purpose when the United States Steel Corporation bought that company, became operative last Sat-urday for the H. C. Frick Coke Com-pany's employes. The fund is in the hands of a board of trustees composed of Charles L. Taylor, chairman, Homer J. Lindsay, Thomas Lynch, Thomas Morrison, D G. Kerr and E H. Utley. The benefits in case of accident begin in 14 days after the injury. For single men 75 cents a day is allowed nnd $1.00 CHAPTER XIV. OUT OF THE CHAINS. IIE horror of the situation was so great that Princess Olga’s brain could not accept it all at once. Not only was she lost, but there was a certainty that if she was rescued she would also be discovered in this act against the rule of Neslerov. Powerful as was her family, she was now abso-lutely at the mercy of the governor of Tomsk, whom she knew to be merci-less. Who could ever know that Prin-cess Olgn, tlie rich and beautiful Nesle-rov, died In tlie dungeons under her cousin’s palace? To her vivid imagination already the horrors "of starvation loomed up. To lie in that cold, dark place and suffer and slowly waste nwny, to lose her mind, to rave in madness—nil these thoughts burned into her brain. Then, looking at poor Therese, the girl’s heart was stirred with pity. “1 am not only a suicide, but 1 am a murderer ns well,” she said. "I should not have induced Therese to come.” Therese stlrrfld. “Ah, Therese! Good Therese! Speak to me, will you not?” pleaded the prin-cess. “You should not have come. It was horrible, that den! And perhaps 1 brought you here to die.” “1 don’t want to die!” exclaimed Therese, sitting upright ns though the word had acted like an electric shock. “I do not wish to die either; but we are lost. Therese.” “Lost! How can we be lost? Are we not under the palace?” “Yes, we are under the palace, but we are nevertheless lost. I have lost the way. See all these passages? 1 do not know by which one we reached this terrible place.” “We seem to be nlmost at the center. They cannot all lead to the stairs.” “No, certainly not. And there is Ut-ile chance of telling which does lead to the stairs. I do not even know In which direction the stnlrs He. We are lost Therese, and will perhaps die here of starvation.” “You must not! You shall not!” ex-claimed Therese, made stronger now by the evident need of some one to as-sist the princess. She did not think so much of herself as she did of Olga. “There must be a way out and close at hand," said Olga. The terrible silence acted upon the shaken nerves of poor Therese, and she began to scream hysterically. “1 will not die! Heaven help us both! Help! Help! Help!” The screams of the distracted wom-an rang In weird echoes through the caverns. “The echoes mock me!” she cried. “Is there no one to help?" "Hark!” said Olga. “I think I heard a voice.” "A voletr! r heard a thousand of them—and they are all my own.” , “No, but this was not. It was man’s voice. Walt till I call.” Tlie caverns were still. “Is there any one here?” rang out Olga’s clear voice. "We are lost in the passages—two women. Is there any one here?” “Here, here, here!” cam* hack the echoes. “I am here—a prisoner!” came an an Bweriug cry. “Here—prisoner—Isoner!” came the echoes. “Where are you?” called Olga. “You—you—you!” echoed the mock Ing caverns. “I must lie near you—the voices Bound not far—follow the sound of my whis-tle!” came a louder voice. “Whistle—Istle—lstle!” came the trou-bled echoes. RELIEF FUND. for each married man with 10 cents ad ditional for each child under 16. The benefits run 02 weeks at this rate and at half rate after that time. For death $500 is allowed the widow and $100 ad ditional for each child of the deceased under 16. For single men their nearest relative is left $500. No amount over $1,200 will be paid for a death by acci-dent. Nothing is allowed for death by natural cause or negligence resulting from intoxication or immoral acts. Pensions are allowed for service of over ten years, one per cent, of the regular monthly wages. Immediately there began, not far from them, the tune of “The Star Span-gled Banner." Olga knew it was an American tune and Instinctively real-ized that tlie person who was guiding them must be the one who had been trying to solve the mystery of Graslov and bad been imprisoned by Jansky. After a few moments she managed to distinguish between the real sound m mm um.i HSfM JJlljllfc v.iis&vT’ “Who are i/ouf” asked Olga. " Why are yuu a prisoner heref" and the echoes, and began slowly to work her way toward It. Therese, trembling with weakness and terror, followed. I [TO BK CONTINUED.] $6,000,000 Security. Capital, surplus and profits of this amount secure the depositors of the Pittsburg Trust Company, 823 Fourth avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. 4 per cent, in-terest on savings and 2 per cent, on checking account. Bank by mail. What would you give for a Good Appetite? Not a false appetite, such as is aroused by powerful and deadly drugs like strychnia, quinine and nux vomica, but a healthy appetite for good food? As our old doctor used to say, “ If you can’t eat, you can’t work,” and we might add, “or play either.” We are very sure that Vinol will find your lost appetite. It will arouse the vital organs to call for wholesome food and help them to absorb it. Vinol Is a non-secret union of the valuable principles of organic iron, cod liver oil and a good table wine. , It is pleasant to take, and both nourishes and creates an appe-tite for nourishment, i Thousands of bottles have been sold on the guarantee of “money back,” if not satisfied, and a dissatisfied customer is very rare. H. F. BARKLEY, DRUGGIST. Good Upholstering. Hiram Gilson is once more prepared to do all kinds of upholstering work at reasonable prices. If left either at his West Main street borne or Gibbs & King’s store, orders will receive prompt attention. 11 14 tf A WISE MAN or woman will take thought for the future. A portion of your income deposited with the Real Estate Trust Company, 311 Fourth avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., at four percent, interest will insure comfort in declining years. Ctvpltsvl &nd Surplus [$3,700,000.00. SORE THROAT—A few doses of Ozoline cures it. M. A. Bowman. You May Win $1,000 for Hfty Cents. THE Pittsburg Leader WILL PAY THE FOLLOWING 21 PRIZES, TOTAL VALUE $2,000.00, AS FOLLOWS: $1,000.00 for the closest guess, $500.00 for the next closest guess, $100.00 for the next closest guess, 4-$50.00 for the next closest guesses, 4-$25.00 for the next closest guesses, 10 $10.00 for the next closest guesses, to the actual vote cast in the Recorder ship election in Pittsburg, Feb. 17, 1903 All ties to be divided. All guesses must be mailed before midnight Feb 16, 1903. Vote for Mayor 1899 81,665 Vote for Controller 1902 54,872 Vote on County Ticket 1902 55,936 The conditions are as follows; All guesses must be recorded on blank coupons cut from this paper, each vote to be accompanied by 50 cents in cash aud sent to the LEADER GUESSING BUREAU, 48. Fifth Ave., Pittsburg. Estimate Name Street City Postoffice State Date I herewith enclose 50 cents and my estimate on the total vote for record, er of the city of Pittsburg, election to be held Feb. 17, 1903. I subscribe to the conditions of the offer as pub-lished. THE JOURNAL, Mount Pleasant. Can’t Hear of any one who ha,^ ever been long dissatisfied, it dissatisfied at all, with anything purchased here. If there seems to be anything wrong after purchase it either turns out all right or is made all right We are here to make our word good. The high quality of our permits us to fully guarantee its goodness. Purchasers will be well satisfied with it. GIBBS & KING, Furniture, Carpets and Undertaking. 760 Main St., Mount Pleasant. Sanitary Plumbing and Gas Pitting Steam and Hot Water Heating. N. B —12 Years’ Prac- Only Competent Me-tical Experience. chanics Employed. ( Jewel Gas Ranges and dot Plates. Agents for Classic, Wilson and Mentel Heating Stoves ( Rudd Automatic Instantaneous Water Heater Call and see the Rudd Automatic Instantaneous Water Heater in operation in our store, 212 E. Main street. ’Phone 139. H. S. ACKERMAN, DEALER IN. Tourist Cars to California. A double berth in a tourist sleeper, Chicago to San Fran-cisco, costs only $6. The service via the Chicago, Mil-waukee & St. Paul and Union Pacific line is comfortable and satisfactory. Thro’ tourist sleeper to San Francisco leaves Chicago at 10:25 p. m. If you’re interested drop me :i card. JOHN re. POTT, District Passenger Agent, Room D, Park Bnilding, Pittsburg, Pa. HIGH GRADE Pianos = » AND(Jrgans, Sheet Music and Musical Merchandise. Densmore and Yost Typewriting Machines Gramophone Talking Machines an?he Standard Sewing Machine NEEDLES, OIL AND ATTACHMENTS. H. S. ACKERflAN, 201 Main Street, GREENSBURG; PENNA. Addrea" FREE 0 FREE Don’t forget to ask for the Consumers’ and Merchants’ Benefit Scrip, J. W. Swartz, - Wall Paper J. J. Hitchman, - Harness Rumbaugh& Dillon, Clothiers M. A. Bowman, - Druggist S. B. Colvin, - Hardware Goodman & Springer, Photos W. R. Smith, - Jeweler A. T. Wible, - Groceries Gibbs & King. - Furniture G. W. Overholt & Co., Bakers J. B. F. Smith. Dry Goods W. A. Pyne, - Shoes Mary Swartz, - Millinery Vogel Brothers, - Tailors The Journal, - Job Work Customers Take Notice. That for every Cash Purchase of ONE DOLLAR from any Mer-chant whose name is printed in the margin Entitles You to a S Per CEQI. Scrip. which they will accept for Five Cents on every And take SPECIAL NOTICE that the Merchants who belong to thiB Associa-, tion are the most wide-awake and keep the Best Selected Stock of Goods and their prices are the Lowest. •SHL'ia:;- TBK MOUNT PUK.ANANT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY JO, 1903. l NEWS FROM OUR NEIGHBORS. | 7r?r?rnr7rrr^r7r^p;?rrr#rr^rmrnrrrrr:rK^?rrr7rrT:*i ALVKltrON. Mrs. Ross Leasnre, of Pittsburg, and Mrs. Ollie Cunningham, of Greensburg. are here visiting their mother, Mrs. Sylvester Leasnre, who has been seri-ously ill, but is slowly improving. Miss Gertrude Schaffer, of Greens-bnrg, was calling on her aunt, Mrs Mary Reese, of this place, on last Sat-urday. Mrs. H. K. Maxwell, of Tarrs, is at home taking care of her mother, Mrs. Mary Reese, who has been ill for some time. Mrs. Chas. Parry entertained a num-ber of friends on last Monday evening in honor of Mr. Chas. Parry. An excel-lent lunch was served after which a pleasant time was enjoyed by all the guests. Walter Hill, who had been sick, has returned to his work as jolly as ever. William Duncan was home visiting his parents a few days the past week Miss Maud DePriest is slowly recov-ering from a recent attack of quinsy. The Alverton Cemetery Association held its annual election Monday when D. S. Love succeeded H. H. Stoner. In the reorganization W. A. Byars suc-ceeded President A. Ruth while William Stoner took the place of Secretary S. B. Stoner who retired after 20 years’ faith-ful service. Thomas Raygor is on the business committee with the new presi-dent and secretary. The Christian Endeavor Society of the Alverton Church of God will render special exercises, entitled “Decide To day,” Sunday evening next, February 1, beginning at 7 o’clock. This will be the 22nd anniversary of the organization of United Society and the 10th in the local society’s history. The program will take the place of the regular evening service. All are cordially invited to at tend. TARR. The young ladies of the local M. E church will hold a festival and box social tomorrow evening. Everyone is invited to come. George Hites, the Pennsylvania ticket agent here, is the happy daddy of a big boy born Sunday morning. The yonng fellows of this place cer-tainly enjoyed themselves Sunday eve-ning on their sled ride, but the next time they go they will not take so many aB the sled just held together until they got home. The revival meetings at this place are still going on but will close this week with qnite a number of converts. Cars continue scarce articles at this place as the best the local plant can do is five days a week. Norman Eichar has got a very sore finger from hitting an Italian. A. E. Benford was a caller at thiB place on Tuesday. Si Clegg,” passed through here the past week on his way to Mount Pleasant to make contracts for the delivery of frogs and turtles. “Si” is now located at Davistown while sawing lumber. Wm. Greenawalt, who lost his arm re cently in a corn shredder, is able to be about again. John Miller was so well pleased with his fair companion on a sleigh ride last week that he’s now praying for more snow. Mrs. Sarah Zimmerman has fitted up one of the rooms in her new house with handsome new furniture. James Zimmerman is now hauling lumber for A. Brown. Jim Logan’s badly banged up nose wasn’t gotten in a fight. A big box and a little icy place were the combination that did the business. The local postoffice council thinks of fining Ab. Cooper $5 for being absent from its last meeting. Mrs. Bertha Lane is preparing for a trip to Indianapolis, Indiana, to visit her invalid sis-ter.^ CAIIPENTERTOWN, The following program has been ar-ranged for the Mount Pleasant teachers' institute to be held at Kecksburg Sat-urday, February 14: School, to be in session from 10 to 11:15 a. m., will be addressed by Misses Peoples and Summy. Adjournment for dinner will follow business. In the afternoon there will be roll call, answered by quotations from Theodore Roosevelt; music, insti-tute; recitation, Miss Pearl Bennett; class drill in current events, W. E Miller; topic, “Does the end crown the work?” Miss Knox; music, institute; The library in school,” Miss Emma Springer; paper, Miss Ida Weaver; dis-cussion, “Devices In teaching Rice’s speller,” opened by Mr. H. R. Shape; recitation, Miss Alice Beistel; music, in stitute; topic, “Literature in the latter part of the nineteenth century,” Miss Lucy Welty; paper, “Use of pictures in school room, Miss Gregg; topic, “How to teach civics,” Mr. Sarver; music, in-stitute; “Friday afternoon exercises,” Mr. Fausold. PI/ETCHER. Wes Miller wears the local champion-ship belt as a coal digger. Mr. and Mrs. Wes. Hostetter rejoice over the birth of a new baby. Jerry Murray has discovered gold on his way to Blough's. W. F. Seese has put up the price of pop which it is feared will drive G. H Henry to strong drink. Henry Pletcher was out on his bicycle this week. Len Pletcher trembles every time he removes his hat except at the table. John Peck almost ruined the stove the other day. He fell against it while try-ing to stand on bis Lead. John Tinkey is making money hand over fist. He has two fresh cows. F. S. Murray’s possessions consist of two hens, a rooster, four guns and ten cents. Elmer Ferguson still visits Trent reg-ularly. Six cent pop has laid Claud Ferguson out with cramp. IlECUiA. A barber and a farmer not many miles from here went together to a sale last Thursday and, tiring of the vendue, they proceeded towards Mammoth where they got elated and mixed up in a fuss, returning home sadder but wiser men. Their pals fixed them up all right, the tonsorial artist having the grip and the husbandman a rheumatic knee. Their tobacco and other lost luxuries were very much enjoyed by the finder and his friends. The grip tale is a beauty only it doesn’t go here. Mrs. Eli Albright, whose husband died last week, is prostrated at her Kecks-bnrg home and there are fears for her recovery. John Husband & Bro. have finished their lumber contract at the Hecla Coke Company’s new No. 3 plant. On and after February 1 the price of custom coal per bushel at the Byers mines will be: forked, 4 cents; rough and ready, 3 cents and slack, t cent. J. S. PARKERCO. Wednesday, Jan. 28th, to Wednesday, Feb. 3rd. Elbert Hubbard says; “Art is the beautiful way of doing things.” This is true whether the work in hand may be painting, com-posing music or in the manufactureof articles for our every day use. Just now we wish to tell you of the beautiful, dainty creations of under-muslins we have for our January white sale. Certain it is that the healthful girls who made these garments in a well-ventilated, sanitary factory must have had lots of joy in their work or they would not have done such complete, clever work. Every piece is cut on ample lines and sewed perfectly. THE UNDERSKIRTS. The white underskirts with their dainty ruffles and lace inser-tions are the leading favorites in muslin wear. We have thirty pretty styles to show you ranging in price from 50« to $8 00- As there are so many kinds and all underpriced we can only mention three lots priced at 95c, $1 40 and $| 85—worth respectively $1.25, $1.75 and $2.60—two or more styles at each price. CORSET COVERS. These are second in popularity only to the skirts. Exquisite corset covers with their garnitures of lace ribbon, embroidery, tucks and hemstitching—made up in a way that will appeal to women who love pretty lingerie. More than forty styles, priced at |5c to $1 50 The greatest varieties and prettiest ones we have ever seen for the money are those priced at 25c, 40c, 50c, 05c—each kind marked to save you 10c to 20c each below regular prices. GOWNS. We make it an important point to have every one cut very wide and full length. Good laces, embroideries and ribbons—neat tucks and hem-stitching are lavishly used in ornamenting these garments. It is a marvel how the manufacturers can use such tine mate-rials and make them so well for the little prices at which they sell. For 40c we are showing gowos with embroidery in-sertion and tucked yokes, hemstitched ruffle on neck. For 50c gowns with yokes of hemstitched tucks, hem-stitched ruffle on neck and sleeves, BOc for gowns that sell regularly at $1 00, lace or em-broidery insertion yokes, full ruffles of lace or em-broidery to match—perfect in every detail. Then there are the better ones up to $3-50, all priced to save money to early buyers. DRAWERS. Kinds to please those who want plain, serviceable garments or fancy articles to please the most fastidious. Twenty-live styles for your choosing priced at 22c to $2 00 —with especial emphasis on the arrays marked 22c, 4(Jc, 50c and 65c. UAUREIiYIUUE. The past week brought qnite a change in the weather, the thermometer on Monday registering 76 in the shade. Saturday was full of snow storms. Cal Hoke and son are building np a good local blacksmith trade, having driven 2D shoes one day the past week. Simon Echard is preparing to give “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” at the Franklin school house in the near future for the benefit of the fair mistress and others interested in fine concert programs. Mike Peterson is busy at his trade for which Laurelville seems to be a good point. Clark Ritenour and Jacob Dillon are engaged in getting out pit posts. Second Lieutenant William Christner, kof Company E, whose comrades in the Philippines always call him “Corporal FREED. William Robbins traded horses the other day and, as he cut the other fel low's eye teeth, Billiam has no kick coming. William Hull is a frequent caller at the Ahimas Knopsnyder home. The proprietor, however, is only attractive as the father of the fair Miss Annie. Albert Miller, who accompanied Miss Sadie Layman home the other evening, missed his breakfast the next morning Reuben Richter and Miss Susie Knop-snyder were guests of John Richter Sunday. Jacob Shupe has a standing reward of $5 for any one who will find him a bet-ter half. David Workman has stopped calling on Miss Bertha Richter as he and that lady’s father had the liveliest kind of a dispute which Pa Richter settled by dropping Davy some eight feet out in the yard from the toe of his boot. BOND ISSUE. Sealed proposals will be received until 8 o’clock p. m. Monday, February 23, 1003, by the Secretary of the Borough of Mount Pleas-ant, Pa., for the purchase of Sixteen Thous-and Dollars ($16,000.00) coupon bonds, known as the Mount Pleasant. Pa , Sower Bond Series of 1902. being thirty-two bonds of the denom-ination of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) each, numbered consecutively, and redeemable in the order of their number as follows: Nos. 1 to 6 inclusive on July 1st annually from 1905 to 1910 inclusive and thereafter two bonds annually from 1911 to 1923. The bonds bear four per cent, interest pay-able on the first days of July and January at the office of the Treasurer in the Borough of Mount Pleasant, and are free of tax. An ordinance of the Borough of Mount Pleasant , Pa., authorizing the issue of said bonds, provides for the levy of a special tax for the payment of principal and interest of said bonds as the same becomes due. A certified check for $250 must be enclosed with each bid which shall be forfeited to the Borough of Mount Pleasant, Pa., in case of refusal or omission of the successful bidder to accept the bonds and make payment therefore within 15 days from awarding of same. The Ijorough reserves the right to reject any or all bias. Address bids to W. W. CAMPBELL, Mount Pleasant, Borough Becretary. Westmoreland Co., Pa. SCOTTDALE, F*A. What the Talking Machine will do for you. .V HIS MASTER’S VOICE' It will bring new life to your home. It will make it easier to entertain company. It will make everything more delightful. I can reproduce the “Overture from William Tell” aud you will think a grand operatic orchestra is right before you. You hear the strains of an inspiring march, and almost imagine that you are listening to Sousa and his wonderful band. It plays everything. It sings everything. It recites everything. It talks everything. We have them from $5 00 up It costs you nothing to come and hear them at Posner’s Jewelry Store, Opposite United Brethren Church, Mount Pleasant, Pa, Grand Opera House J. B. COLDSMITH, Manager. FRIDAY, FEB. 6. LINCOLN J. CARTER’S Great Spectacular Production, ...THE HEART OF CHICAGO... WILL BEGIN Monday, Feb. 3, 1903. No Sweat-shop Work. Prices are Corset Covers 10c, 24c, 29c, 39c. 44c, 49c> and up to $| |Q. Gowns 49c, 59c, 89c, up to $|.49 Skirts 49c, 75c, s| 19 up to $4 89 Drawers 25c, 39c, 49c up to I 19 A Great Sale of riUSLIN UNDERWEAR. G5f (Successor to Braddock & Co.) Bratldock Block, Corner Main and Church Sts., HOUNT PLEASANT, PA. Farmers & Herchants ^NATIONAL BANK.tx> OF MOUNT PLEASANT. PA. CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000.00. OFFICERS: R. K. Hissem, President. James Neel, Vice President, O. E. Mullin, Cashier DIRECTORS: R. K. Hissem, Abraham Ruff, Frank D. Barnhart, E. T. Fox, s. R. Ruff, L. 8. Tinstman, D H. Persb g, James Neel, 9. P. Zimmerman. Headquarters FOR— Pianos, Organs, Violins; in fact, everything in the line of Mu-sical Instruments and Sheet Music. All the latest designs and the largest stock in town We ask simply that you call and examine goods and sam-ples before purchasing IT If you wish to have the hanging done on paper bought of us, remember we employ only the most competent work-men and guarantee all work. Respectfully J. B. Coldsmith, “On the Hill,” MOUNT PLEASANT. J. B. MYERS, Jr., 313 East Main st.. Mount Pleasant. We also buy al_ kinds of Furs. SATURDAY, JANUARY 31 , MATINEE AND NIGHT. f\ Story of Southland, ©n the Suwanee Uiver. A Drama for the Family. PURE in Thought, Action and Language. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4. THE CHARMING PICTURESQUE PLAY, . . When the Bell Tolls . . TICKETS ON SALE AT OVERHOLT'S NEWS STAND. Low Rates West. Only $33 Chicago to San Francisco, Los Angeles, Port-land, Tacoma, Seattle, aud many other Pacific Coast points, every day February i5 to April 30, 1903. One-way, second-class, colonist rates via Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Union Paci-fic line. To the Northwest via this route, or via St. Paul. Additional information on request. JOHN R. POTT, District Passenger Agent, Room D, Park Building, Pittsburg, Pa. Burglar and Fire Alarms To protect your stores and residences. Telephone and Bell Work. Write or call for estimates. FRANK J. REESE, 704 Main st. 7 4 Mount Pleasant. Pa. Try Our Fork. We make a specialty of this line of meat. We aim to kill animals of medium weight so as to avoid the fat found in very large hogs. As in other lines this is all of the home dressed order and em-braces both the smoked and fresh meats of every description. All We Ask is a Trial. All orders tilled promptly and delivered free. John Vetesk, ProprEASTEND MEAT MARKET tut*
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VOL. 31. MOUNT l’MAHANT, WKHTMOHKLANI) COUNTY, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1903. NO. 5.
SMALLPOX
BREAKS OUT
AT STANDARD.
Charles Cole, a Colored Coke
Worker. First Victim.
PROMPT ACTION IS TAKEN
BUT THE DISEASE IS STILL
SPREADING.
Superintendent James Mack, ae Soon as
Local Physicians Diasmose the Case,
Establishes a Strict Quarantine and
Declares War Against Tramps Who
are Believed to Have Caused the Con-tagion
and Who are Driven Away
From the Ovens. Little Money Avail-able
to Flicht the Scourge.
A case of smallpox was discovered at
the Standard mines of the H. C. Frick
Coke Company Monday. The victim is
Charles Cole, a yonng colored man. I)r.
Pratt was called, but, not having ever
had a caBe of the disease in his practice,
he took Dr. Shelar with him to make
sure as the latter had considerable ex
perience with smallpox at Alice several
years ago. Cole was called from the
house and examined, the result being
that Dr. Shelar pronounced it a well de-veloped
case of the much dreaded
disease.
On being informed of this diagnosis,
Superintendent James Mnck lost no time
in doing everything in his power to con.
fine the trouble to the double block in
which it was discovered. Four other
colored people occupy the one end with
Cole, while a family of foreigners re
sides in the other. Armed guards were
at once put on to prevent any one from
either leaving or entering the block and
notice sent to the Mount Pleasant Town-ship
Board of Education which has
heretofore acted as the board of health
in the district but now refuses to do
anything. The directors took this stand
upon the advice of their attorney, B. F.
Scanlon, Esq., af this place, who holds
that there is no law compelling them to
care for cases of contagions diseases.
The superintendent didn’t stop here,
for, he also declared war against the
tramps who had been making their
headquarters in the warm idle ovens and
who are believed to have brought the
disease to the plant as Cole had not been
away from home for months. The hose
was turned into every oven and if there
were occupants they speedily got out as
they had all the hobo’s antipathy to
water.
A second case was discovered Wednes-day
in the family of a Pole who lives
near the house first quarantined, baton
the opposite side of the street. This
discovery led the energetic superintend-ent
to take heroic measures again ns he
secured the company's private physician
from Scottdale and began vaccination
by wholesale.
While the school boards had incurred
all necessary expense in looking after
smallpox cases in townships, there is no
state fund available at present to fight
the disease. The State Board of Health,
however, hRs asked the Legislature for
an appropriation and it is likely that the
much needed money will be forthcom-ing.
The county poor authorities are
providing medical attention and food
where persons quarantined are unable
to pay for necessary provisions. Dr. J.
B. Wakefield, of Grapeville, has been
selected by the board to look after the
cases.
The action of the Mount Pleasant
township school directors forced Poor
Director,!. G. Thompson, of this place,
to take the whole responsibility. Late
Wednesday evening, after additional
guards had been placed on the Pole's
house, be called up the board’s attorney,
Mr. Allshouse, and as a result his fellow
members of the board came down yes-terday
morning and held a consultation
with Mr. Mack in the latter’s office. It
was the general opinion that in provid-ing
a physician and subsistence for
those quarantined the poor board had
done its full duty, while it was held
that the school board was compelled by
law to provide the guards necessary to
prevent the spread of all contagious
diseases, despite Attorney Scanlon’s
opinion to the contrary.
THE JOURNAL has no wish to appear
as an alarmist, but the situation At
Standard is very grave.
Dr. Sbelar fears that there is a case
developing at Parfittown, the sufferer
being Mrs. Scotty Mclndoe, a young
woman to whom a child was born yes
terday. The doctor when called there
by her husband found the woman’s face
and breast were covered with a rash
that dearly-resembled that of smallpox,
although it will not be fnlly determined
until Dr. Wakefield comes down this
morning and makes an official examin-ation.
Mrs. Mclndoe was visited ten
days ago by her uncle from West Over-ton
who was then taking the disease.
ERIGHTEUL DfATH
That Befell Mrs. Willie Hays at Hun-ker
Station Tuesday.
Mrs Willis Hays, of Hunker station,
on the 8onthwest branch, was instantly
killed within sight of her home Tues
day evening, by being struck by a south
hound freight train. She had been on
n shopping trip to Youngwood and
Greenshurg and was returning home in
time to prepare the evening meal. She
bad just stepped from the !i o’clock
street car and walked a short distance
up to the Hunker crossing where the
sad accident occurred.
A heavily loaded coke train was go
ing north, the noise of which, it is sup
posed, prevented the unfortunate
woman from hearing the approach of a
south bound train. She was struck and
hurled with fearful force to the side of
the track, her neck was broken and she
was dead when picked up by the train
crew. Mrs. Hays was 45 years of age
and is survived by a husband and four
children.
RUGN or TERROR
Lawlessness Supreme at the New Town
of Clariton.
There is a reign of terror at the new
town of Clariton, on the Monongahela
river, above McKeesport. Two murders
were committed there Sunday night.
Antonio Stanna was stabbed by Angello
Trello and died on being taken to the
McKeesport hospital; while John Snr-aeka
was seriously shot while helping
the victim to eject the murderer who
escaped. The dead body of Peter Mur-ray
was found in the basement of the
new Methodist Episcopal church with
the sknll crushed. His rifled pockets
told of murder and robbery.
The town is not incorporated as yet
and is without police protection. It is
said that even women go armed if com
pelled to be out after dark.
TALENTED EADIES.
LectureB in the Methodist Episcopal
Church Greatly Enjoyed.
The opening number in the series of
educational entertainments arranged by
Prof. S. Grant Miller, principal of the
Mount Pleasant Public School, was held
in the Methodist Episcopal church Fri -
day evening last when Mrs. Mary G.
Noss and Miss Anna Thomas, of Cali-fornia
State Normal, spoke, the former
on “Art in School and Home” and the
latter on “What the Schools are Doing
for the Homes.” Tbe large audience
present was delighted with both these
talented ladies who also gave entertain-ing
talks at tbe same place the next
morning.
At the close of the evening entertain-ment
Prof. Miller did the honors at Al-bright’s
where some twenty seven of
his fellow teachers was sumptuously
banquetted as his guests.
COKE AND COAE.
Items of Interest Gathered From Both
Mine and Yard.
The ear shortage put the coal miners
about Irwin entirely out of business
the past week.
The Corrigan-MeKinley coal inter
ests, of Cleveland, O., have purchased
5,000 acres of coal lands near Bolivar,
this county, which, it is said, they will
develop as rapidly as possible with a
plant of 800 coke ovens.
The United Gas and Coke Company,
with a large hi product coke plant at
Glassport. has awarded a contract to
tbe Washington Coal and Coke Com-pany
for supplying its ovens with coal
during the coming year and at the rate
of (100 tons a day.
Governor Pennypaeker on Tuesday
appointed as bituminous mine inspectors
James StarfTord, of Clenrfield, Thir-teenth
district; F. M. Cunningham, of
Uniontown, Fourteenth district, and
Alexander Monteitb, of Patton, Cam
bria county, Fifteenth district.
S. J. Harry, of Connellsville, last
week received contracts to sink two
shafts for the Brier Hill Coal & Coke
Company. The plant will be located
about eight miles from Uniontown
along the National Pike. Five hun-dred
coke ovens are to be built with
Pennsylvania and Lake Erie railroad
connections.
The 157 acres of the Sarver farm,
near Larimer, have been sold and a
Gruenshurg correspondent hns it that
the purchaser is H. C. Frick and that he
will develop the Freeport vein of coal,
coking it in the old Carnegie plant
nearby. Ardara should not, however,
become too greatly exercised over the
promised boom.
The properties of the Saltsbtirg Coal
Company, consisting of two mines and
about l,50fl acres of coal land in West-moreland
and Indiana counties, have
been purchased by a syndicate consist-ing
of Capt. Alfred Hicks, president of
the Allegheny Iron & Steel Company,
and a number of eastern capitalists.
The price is said to be about $850,000.
A SURPRISED HUSBAND.
Fayette County Miscreants.
Owners of the Rand powder works at
Fairchance, Fayette county, suspicion
that a determined effort is being made
to wipe out their plant. Three separate
explosions have recently occurred,
which, it is alleged, were not acciden-tal.
Tuesday morning a car of charcoal
was discovered blazing right up against
a car of powder loaded the day before
for shipment. An engine was obtained
in time to haul the burning car away
and save an awful explosion.
A Local Story Told for Just What it is
Worth.
A story is going the rounds of the
First ward and is given in these columns
for just whnt it is worth. It is alleged
that shortly after a married man retired
the other night his wife was taken sick,
causing him to get up and go in haste to
the drug store for medicine.
After the druggist had filled the pre
scription the man went down in his
pants’ pocket, fumbled about for a
moment and with bulging eyes drew
forth a roll of the long green that sized
up exactly to $700. He had on some
other fellow’s trousers. Now it is said
he is looking for the o. f. but whether to
; return the money or not deponeth saith
not.
m
Shumaker Courtmartialed.
| Captain J- A. Loar held summary
court at Connellsville Friday evening
when Private Charles Shumaker was
j given a hearing on a charge of having
failed to report for duty when Company
I D went with the Tenth regiment to the
I hard coal legions. The finding was
i forwarded to Colonel Barnett who will
make it public later.
Farmers Oppose Senate Bill.
The farmers of this county are strong-ly
opposed to the Senate bill prohibiting
the pumping of gas wells, evidently
aimed at auxiliary concerns of the
United States Steel Corporation. Sen-ator
Cyrus E. Woods has taken a firm
stand against the measure which is not
likely to pass as the Judiciary Commit-tee
has reported it negatively.
At the Grand Opera House.
Tomorrow evening the famous mnsi-cal
comedy, “On the Suwanee River,”
will be given by a big company.
On Wednesday next “When the Bell
Tolls,” a charming picturesque play,
will be here.
“The Heart of Chicago,"a sensational
five-act drama, will follow Friday even-ing
next, February (1.
Rough on a Constable.
Mrs. James Gessler, of New Kensing-ton,
shot off a portion of Constable H.
T. McElroy’s right ear Friday night,
mistaking him for a negro robber at
whom she fired through thelbcked door.
The officer had gone to the woman’s
relief.
Storer-Striokler Wedding.
Dr. Frank Storer and Miss Cora
Strickler, both former residents of this
place, were quietly married last even-ing
at the Wilkinsbnrg home of the
bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Strickler. On behalf of their many old
Mount Pleasant friends, THE JOURNAL
extends best wishes.
Youngwood Incorporated.
Youngwood, on the Southwest road,
some four miles south of Greenshurg, is
the newest borough in the county. The
building of the railroad yards there has
in 18 months drawn a large population
there, largely company efnployes. The
paving of streets and laying of a sewer
system have been begun. At present
much interest centers in the election of
the first set of borough officers, both
parties having nominated full tickets.
Murderous Donora Affair.
While in a towering rage Tuesday
night Albert Owens, of Donora, aged 30,
seized an ax and struck his father-in-law,
Joseph Tobin, over the head, in-flicting
a fatal wound. The two men
had quarreled over some family affair.
Owens, who had the weapon raised a
second time to strike Tobin when his
wife interfered, gave himself up and is
now in jail at Washington.
Successful Revival Work.
The revival efforts of the pastor, Rev.
G. C. Wadding, at the Free Methodist
church have been crowned with marked
success. During the past two weeks
there have been 87 conversions. The
meetings will likely be closed next
week.
Delmont Postoffloe Robbed,
Early yesterday morning burglars
broke into the postoffice at Delmont and
took $16 in stamps, $15 in postal funds
and $10 belonging to Blose & Mellon
who have charge of the office in connec-tion
with their general store. There is
no clue.
DEMOCRATS
SQUARE OLE
EOR ACTION
After Naming a Full Ticket for
Borough Offices.
IT WAS A WARM CONVENTION
THEY HELD IN McELWEE’S HALL
FRIDAY EVENING LAST.
The Contest Centered on Buraess for
Which There Were Three Candidates,
Edward Keller Walking- Off With the
Honor with Votes to Spare. Results of
Party,s Primaries in Surrounding
Townships.
The local Democrats got together Fri-day
evening last in McElwee’s Hall and
named a full ticket for borough offices
and the next day there were all sorts of
rumor regarding the proceedings. One
report had it that the friendsof Edward
Keller, who sought the nomination for
Burgess, ran in everybody they could
lay their hands on, voting people from
Standard, Morewood and points as far
distant as Scottdale, to say nothing of
nnmerous colored brethren who had
strayed away from the Republican fold
Such, however, was not the case ac-cording
'to reputable participants, as
there were no votes cast except by
qualified residents of the town. There
were three colored men present, but
they wanted to vote for all three can-didates
and the convention did not wait
for them to change their ballots.
The only contest was for Burgess for
which there were three nominees, Ed-ward
Keller, James S. Braddock and
George Sbumar. The first named can-didate
won out on the first ballot with
57 votes, Mr. Braddock receiving 40 and
Mr. Shumar i). Justice McWilliams
had no opposition for renomination nor
bad J. M. Yothers for Taxcollector. Mr.
Braddock was unanimously chosen for
Auditor. The representatives of the
different wards then got together and
named their candidates for ward offices.
The full ticket is;
Burgess
Justice of the Pence
Taxcollector .
Auditor
Edward Keller
I. J. McWilliams
J. M. Yothers
Jas. 8. Braddock.
FIRST WARD.
Council B. F. Mochllng
School Director John A. Warden
Judge of Election Clark Walker
Inspector John McAdams, Jr
SECOND WARD.
Connell J. W. Faust, Jr.
Judge of Election John A. Baughman
Inspector George Benford
THIRD WARD.
Council (3 years) ...
'• (I year)
School Director
Judge of Election.
Inspector
A. W. McCreary
if. E. Mellingor
J. M. Albert
W. II. Spence
... W. II. Randolph
The Democrats of Mount Pleasant
township polled a light vote at their
primary Saturday. The ticket selec-ted
is;
Justice of the Peace—Rev. W. R. Elliott.
Taxcollector—Solomon V. Crlse.
Supervisors—C. L. Marks, W, A. Griffin, W.
R. Myers and George N. Shaffer.
Treasurer—W. R. Carpenter.
School Directors—A. B. Flshell and E. J.
Porch.
Auditor—Reuben Freeman.
Township Clerk—John H. Fry.
Judges and Inspectors, Bridgeport—Selby
Jones and Isaac Lohr; Hecla. It. G. Love and
C. S. Andrews; Laurel Run, Lester Stairs and
P. M. Shaffer; Pleasant Valley, Israel Yoth-ers
and Edward Albert; Rldgevlew, C. II.
Roadman and F. B. Stairs; Spring Garden, J.
P. Reece and George W. Fultz; United, Ed-ward
K. Seeman and Thomas II. Fisher.
Registers—EllMinerd, John T. Itlley, David
Shaffer, Charles Wilders. O. W. House,
Andrew Sladky and Bert Stairs.
East Huntingdon township Demo-crats
were out in considerable force Sat-urday
despite snow squalls, much inter-est
having been stirred up over the tax-collectorship.
The candidates were
William F. Hays, J. O. Baker, the pres-ent
incumbent, and Frank Leighty.
The first named won out with 58 votes
over Baker, Leighty being third man in
the race. Following is the ticket nom-inated:
Taxcollector—William F. Hays.
School Dlrectors-W. D. Colborn, J. B. Still-man
and Ellas Reed.
Supervisors—Jacob E. Rouff and William
Keller.
Auditor—Sylvester Taylor.
Probably Only a Joke.
THE JOURNAL’S' Greenshurg corres-pondence
is that Register of Wills, bet-ter
known as “Comrade Sam," Steven-son
intends petitioning the conrt for
another lavatory in the temporary court
house as Controller Brown keeps that
department in almost constant use.
John, so it is said, does much of his po-litical
bntton-holeing there to the incon-venience
of his fellow officials who have
appointed Samuel a committee of one to
see if Judges Doty and MConnell can
help them out.
COMERS AND GOERS.
Paragraphs About prominent People
Gathered During tbe Week.
Miss Roberta Poole is visiting in
Greenshurg this week.
Miss Rogers, of Lntrohe, is visiting
her cousin, Miss Gertrude Zundel.
Mrs. Harry Giles returned yesterday
from a week’s visit paid Pitfsbnrg and
Parnassus friends.
William Berry left on Monday for his
home in Tiffin, Ohio, where he expects
to spend the next month.
John G. Thompson returned home
Tuesday from a pleasure trip to Harris-burg
and Philadelphia
Orbin O’Neal is at Blackburn, a new
coal town near West Newton, managing
a new store W. J. Bates hns just started
there.
Samuel Cnmmings, with his wife and
daughter. Miss Margery, ppent Sunday
in Connellsville with his brother,
William.
State Senator Whirley, of West Vir-ginia,
was here over Sunday with his
brother in-law, Mr. McKee, the restan-rant
man.
J. M Weirner, of Lntrohe, with his
daughter. Miss Goldie, was here several
days the past week with his mother.
Mrs Mary Weimer.
Captain .T A. Loar was at Harrisburg
last week in the interest of the local
hospital measure and Rev. C. L Smith
went down yesterday on the same bus-iness,
SAD SHOOTING.
A Little Son of Charles Thomas Killed
In Pittsburg.
Charles Thomas, the 8-year nid son of
CimrleH Thomas, who formerly resided
here hut who is now a yardmaster for
the Pittsbnrg & Lake Erie railroad at
McKees Rocks, was killed in Pittsbnrg
Tuesday evening near his Prospect
street home tiy a bnllet fired by George
Alstadt, aged 70 years, an ex-police
officer who is now in jail on a charge of
murder.
It seems that Alstadt, in company
with a little neice, Carrie Alstadt. was
passing down by the Prospect school
building where yonng Thomas and sev
eral other companions were snawball
ing. The old man and his neice were
both hit and the former fired his pistol,
it is claimed, to scare the boys. The
bullet struck some distance from the
throwers and glanced, striking the
Thomas boy’s body, cansing death soon
afterwards.
Charles Thomas, Sr., resided here
some years ago and was employed as a
fireman on the B. & O. road. He was
married to Mias Elia Gailey, of this
place, a foster sister of Mrs. Harry Giles,
of this place, Mrs. Thomas having since
died.
A GOOD MOVE.
Eminent Domain to be Urged for Trolley
Lines.
There is a move on foot at Irwin to
send a committee of citizens from this
part of the state to Harrisburg in the
interest of eminent domain for the trol-ley
companies to carry freight.
It will be pointed out to the members
of the Assembly that the freight con
gestions has paralyzed the coal business
of Western Pennsylvania, and that it is
fast paralyzing other industries and bus
iness in general, and there is no relief in
sight.
A map will be prepared showing the
trolley lines that now network this part
of the state, with Pittsburg as the ob-jective
point. With this map will go
the suggestion that if the trolley com-panies
were allowed to carry freight it
conld be easily moved at nignt for
local points, and therefore do much to
relieve the present congestion.
Board of Health moves.
The Mount Pleasant Board of Health
held a meeting last night and notified
the Polish parochial school teachers to
exclude all pupils from Standard and
other districts where smallpox prevails.
Notices were also posted ordering all
dogs from such places to be shot.
Victims of the Bail.
George Copenhagen, an Export bar-ber,
single and aged about 35 years, was
struck by a train at Pitcairn Tuesday
and instantly killed.
William L. Baiubridge was ground
to pieces near his Larimer home yester-day
by a train. He leaves a wife and
femily. It is claimed by some that he
was thrown in front of the cars.
Serious Charges.
William Hostetter, of Springfield
township, Favette county, was jailed
at Uniontown Wednesday on charges
of deserting his wife and criminally as-saulting
his 11-year-old danghter Rosa.
WEST NEWTON
STIRRED TO
THE DEPTHS
Over Proposed Repeal of Its
Local Option Act.
COLD WATER PEOPLE ACTIVE
AND HAVE A VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN
ALL PLANNED OUT.
The Remonstrants, Among Whom Are
Some Six Hundred of the Fair Sex,
Will Swoop Down Upon Harrisburg as
Soon as Our “Cappy” Morrison Gets
the Bill Presented The Petitioners are
Probably Sawing Wood as They are
Not Saving Anything.
The good people of West Newton,
that town on the Yongh famed far and
wide in Blackwater navigation davs as
Robtstown hut now designated by tbe
Pittsbnrg ‘’Gazette” as “a Yonghiogheny
hamlet above McKeesport,” were rather
indifferent during the fall campaign
over talk of repealing their local option
act, under which they have moved and
had their being for the past thirty five
years; but, now that the bill for that
pnrpose has been handed Hon. W. F.
Morrison, our “Cappy,” for presenta-tion
to the Legislature, they, that is,
the remonstrants, are np in arms
against it.
The battle lines have been defined by
the advocates of temperance, and they
are ready at any moment to step in and
fight to the last ditch to keep their town
free from the licensed bar. In theory,
West Newton has been a “dry” town for
the past 35 years, bnt there has always
been plenty of strong drink in tbe town,
ohtainaMe at speakeasies. Many years
ago an attempt was made to have the
prohibitory law repealed, bnt it met
with such opposition that it was dropped
and died out in a very short time.
A few weeks ago Dr. Tucker, presi -
dent of the Anti-Saloon Leagne, of
Harrisburg, addressed a meeting in
West Newton that packed the largest
hall to the doors and an overflow meet-ing
was held in another place. Dr.
Tucker’s sympathies have been enlisted
in the defense of the local option law,
and his representatives are on the look
out for the presentation of the bill at
Harrisbnrg. As soon as it is introduced
the fact will be announced in West
Newton and a carload of substantial
business and professional men of the
town with some 60(J W. C. T. U. work
@rs, will leave at once to lobby against
the passage of the repeal. W. F. Cum-mings,
a merchant, has this to say:
“There is no better or busier little
town in Pennsylvania than West New-ton,
and we have not had a saloon for
35 years. The best people of the town
don’t want any saloons and they pro-pose
to fight tbe repeal of the local
option law to the end. The bankers,
doctore. manufacturers, lawyers, our
leading merchants and many others are
with us in this fight, and nothing but
the manipulation of political wires will
ever open the doors of this quiet town
to the liquor traffic. We have speak-easies,
I am sorry to say, but the saloon
will not help that any. A committee
of business men intend to go to Harris-burg
at the proper time, and work day
and night against the passage of the
bill.”
DEATHS 0E THE WEEK.
The Grim Reaper’s Work in This Place
and Viclnltv.
Denver Patterson, older son of Mr.
and Mrs. David Patterson, of this place,
whose illness of appendicitis was noted
in these columns last week, died at the
Greenshurg hospital Friday last, aged
22 years. The body was brought here
and buried in the cemetery Sunday af-ternoon
from his late North Diamond
street home. The funeral services were
conducted by Rev. S. G. Yahn, of the
Church of God, in which yonng Mr.
Patterson was converted eight yerrs ago.
Isaac Myers, the father of Mrs. H.
Goldstone, of this place, died on Jan-uary
8th at his Los Angeles, California,
home, aged 75 years. It is likely that
Mr. Goldstone will have to go out to
assist the executors in the settlement of
the estate.
New Ministerial Officers.
At the annual meeting of the Mount
Pleasant Ministerial Association, held
in the First Baptist church Tuesday, the
following officers were elected. Presi-dent,
Rev. C. W. Haines; vice president.
Rev. Lawrence Keister, D. D.; secre-tary,
Rev. S. G. Yahn. It was decided
to hold a men's meeting in the Grand
Opera House Sabbath afternoon next at
2:30, to be conducted by Rev. J. B.
Clure, of Greenshurg.
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THK MOUNT PIiKABANT JOURNAL, FillDAT, .TAN ITAUY HO, l»08.
NARROW
ESCAPE.
Robert Hurst, the Southwest
Railroad Agent at Young-wood,
Almost Asphyx-iated
by Natural Gas.
HIS BROTHER RALPH'S LUCKY RETIIRH,
Robert Hnret, oldest son of Mrs. Eliz-abeth
Hurst, of this place, and the
Southwest railroad a^ent at Young
wood, came within an ace of being
asphyxiated one night last week at a
private house on North Maple avenue,
Greensbnrg, where he and his brother,
County Detective Ralph Hurst, room
together.
It seems that Robert had come In first
and retired after shutting off the natu
ral gas from the room stove. A leak in
the pipe allowed the gas to escape and
when Ralph went to tnrn in he found
the room full of gas and his brother un-conscious,
from which condition it re-quired
no little effort after Ralph had
thrown up the windows. Hot) was,
however, able to be on duty the next
day.
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BY ABBIE SHARPE
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IV.—Tree Blossoms Through
Wthe Woods. HEN Spring is here, yon
know it; you feel it. The
willow boughs have long
been tinted with the ris-ing
sap. and there arc muffled croaks
In the shallow depths of the wayside
pools which arc offshoots of the swamp
land.
Tile first of all the trees to bloom Is
the red or swamp maple. In March the
younger branch tips are a rich dark
bllng itself about its leaves. The flow
ers have six petals and three sepals,
but the whole is arranged In sets of
three, the three inmost petals being
the smaller. The color Is pale green
or yellow, becoming sometimes a dark
purple. The stamens are formed Into
a round head. The tree, If it were not
for Its slightly branched form, might
be considered a tall bush. Its fruit i
ripe in August and looks like the half
of a fat green banana, except that the
papaw is quite round at both ends,
i Carefully peeling away the thick green
skin, the bright but deep yellow pulp
. much softer tlmn the eatable part ol
I the banana, Is disclosed. There arc
fat black seeds liberally Interspersed
through its meat.
The sugar maple lias yellowish green
flowers, appearing at the same time at
tlie first tiny leaves, and they make the
tree look for a few days ns though a
flinty pale green veil hud been thrown
I over it to hide the nakedness of its
: branches while all of the trees nnQ
the world arouud were awaking.
The red berried elder could not long
be restrained. Its leaves have been
real flowers are grouped close together,
seeming like the yellowish green cen-ter.
Another tree which deserves a higher
place In the art designs and would
perhaps have It but for Its stiffness
and refusal to rllng freshly to Its
brandies after It Is brought from the
woods Is the redbud. Its limbs, show-ing
only here and there a first leaf, are
a beautiful gray brown color, and close
along, all over It, are sprays of flowers,
hanging tills way and that, seeming
like hunches of small sweet peas of a
purplish pink. They are very dainty
and pretty.
Far out In the woods, with its de-licious
fragrance, is the wild sweet
crab. Reside a grove of crabs one
will stand delighted at having so mnny
senses gratified at once—sight, smell
nnd. If we consider the soft noises of
the wood, sound. The fresli green of
tlie leaves Is over them, nnd mists of
exquisite blossoms, nil of Hint lovely
apple tree pink, breathe such sweet-ness
that unconsciously one draws
deep breaths while satiating the eyes.
The wild cherry now hangs on its
branches with long, drooping sprays of
lino white flowers.
The tulip tree, known also ns the
whltewood nml the poplar, takes care
of its leaves first. 1’eeullnrly shaped
they are, blunt at tlie end, with two
sharp lobes on either side nnd without
a single Jagged edge anywhere. The
flowers are like the gay tulips of the
gardens, though rounder and of a more
shallow etip shape. They are greqn,
shaded toward the center to yellow
and then to a vivid orange. The yel
lowlsli stamen and pistils are fastened
one above tlie other (Imbricated) in a
green, conelike form In the center,
after tlie fashion of the magnolias.
There Is everywhere In May a sturdy
bush Witli dark green roundish point-ed
leaves. It is not very tall, nnd it
bears round and uneven hut flat clus-ters
of white flowers. Tills Is tlie
arrowwood. It belongs to the seat-tered
nnd varied family of tlie vibur-nums,
of which tlit? snowball of the
gardens Is a species.
Now Is the day when "the voice of
tlie turtle Is heard In the land and the
smell of the grape is sweet." If Solo-mon
had lived In a northern zone, ho
would have added "the smell of the
lindens Is sweet.” The American lin-den
or common basswood tree grows
to a fair height, though never very
tall. Its wood, being white nnd firm,
Is used for cabinet making. At the
end of May, sheltered by Its stem
growing iqion the long, protecting leaf-red,
and many of the flowers are of the hurrying and struggling to break out
same hue, though on some trees they an*l are half grown. The flowers can
are a dull yellow with a suspicion of lonSer wnlt and bu,Bt int0 bloom
that same red. They are like the elder of the midsum-mer,
except that they are smaller.
time of the hepntlcas, Is the spice bush, ' flower8 nre pne,j up toward a cone In
pr allspice. Its canary colored flowers
are clustered close to Its grayish brown
barked stem, but the leaves are tao
alow to keep up with the blooms nnd
are yet to appear.
A few days later the dark, bare
branches of a small and slender tree
show bunches of small, soft leaves
Wild Cherry.
let, is a small cluster of very small
cream colored flowers. Later in the
year the long leaf becomes brown and
still clings to the stamen of the plus
ter of fruit, tiny brown nuts, each on
# a small separate stem joined to the
Perhaps the next tq bloom, about the; i,nr(jjer nn(j stouter. The creamy white) common stem. The leaves In general
are large, heart shaped at the bottom,
pointed at the top. the edges being
toothed.
The staghorn sumac is plentiful nnd
well known everywhere, with its
fuzzy, yellow green stems and flowers
massed in a thick nnd substantial
dark red form at the top of the small
tree. In autumn its red leaves supply
the richest color In the land.
Every tree blooms each year exactly
ns does each flower, wishing to perpet-uate
Its kind. Only those trees which
have colored blooms have been herein
referred to, but there are also the wil-lows.
with their pussies and various
arrangements; the birches, with their
catkins; the oaks, the ash and others
whose blooms do not obtrude and im-press
themselves upon the casual ob-server.
[Copyright. 1902, b |
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